君 – mister, you, ruler

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The kanji 君 means mister, you, ruler, male name suffix. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is クン (kun); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is きみ、-ぎみ (kimi, gimi). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	クン	kun
Kun’yomi	きみ	kimi
Kun’yomi	-ぎみ	gimi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 一・口・ノ・ヨ.

Words using 君

君きみyou君くんMr君主くんしゅmonarch諸君しょくんyou (people)

Example sentences

宿題を忘れるなんて君は不注意だった。

It was careless of you to forget your homework.

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トニー君はなんと上手にテニスをすることができるのだろう。

How well Tony can play tennis!

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その君主は臣民に対して絶対の支配権を持っていた。

The lord held absolute power over his subjects.

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Kanji with the same radical

同合員問和名向告品各台口営可商味

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