わう

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【王おう】1

[noun] aking, especially one who is notEast Asian or was East Asian in pre-imperial times; in China and Vietnam, generally a king before Qin Shi Huangdi who invented the title皇帝(kōtei,“huangdi; emperor”); in Korea, one of the many kings before the Korean Empire which was modeled after Japan's; in Japan, one of the rulers before Emperor Jinmu

[noun] anEast Asian queen regnant

[noun] anobility title for a Chinese or Vietnamese prince, bestowed on one of the皇帝(kōtei,“huangdi; emperor”)'s adult sons, brothers, or nephews, especially as a coming-of-age title, generally comes with an estate ("principality"); compare皇子(ōji,“imperial princes”,especially pre-adult ones) and公(kō,“dukes”,an alternative used by certain dynasties)