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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 王道

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
王道 wáng dào - the Way of the King
- statecraft
- benevolent rule
- virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 27,246 11,691 4,562

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
wáng- surname Wang
wáng- king or monarch
- best or strongest of its type
- grand
- great
wàng- (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)
dào- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3])
- (bound form) way; reason; principle
- (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
- (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
- to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
- (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
- classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
- (old) circuit (administrative division)

Other Words Containing 王道

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
王道 - - 27,246 11,691 4,562