君子 meaning in English

jūnzǐ

nobleman; person of noble character

HSK 7-9noun10 strokes

Meaning of 君子

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jūnzǐ

nobleman
person of noble character

君子 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā以yǐ君jūn子zǐ之zhī道dào生shēng活huó。

He lived a moral life.

美měi国guó的de罪zuì犯fàn大dà多duō是shì吸xī毒dú成chéng瘾yǐn的de瘾yǐn君jūn子zǐ。

Many criminals in America are addicted to drugs.

不bú是shì每měi个gè瘾yǐn君jūn子zǐ都dōu有yǒu创chuāng伤shāng；不bù过guò有yǒu创chuāng伤shāng的de人rén变biàn少shǎo，瘾yǐn君jūn子zǐ也yě会huì变biàn少shǎo。

Not every addict is traumatized, but there would be a lot fewer addicts if a lot fewer people were traumatized.

天tiān行xíng健jiàn，君jūn子zǐ以yǐ自zì强qiáng不bù息xī；地dì势shì坤kūn，君jūn子zǐ以yǐ厚hòu德dé载zài物wù。

As heaven maintains its vigorous motion, the noble person should strive for continuous self-improvement. As the earth's nature is receptive and nurturing, the noble person should cultivate great virtue to support and carry all things.

Stroke order for each character

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君 jūn · sovereign · 7 strokes

子 zi · noun suffix · 3 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 君子.

孩子	háizi	child
儿子	érzi	son
房子	fángzi	house; building (single- or two-story)
桌子	zhuōzi	table; desk
杯子	bēizi	cup; glass
包子	bāozi	baozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)
本子	běnzi	book; notebook
样子	yàngzi	appearance; manner
日子	rìzi	day; a (calendar) date
椅子	yǐzi	chair
瓶子	píngzi	bottle
例子	lìzi	case; (for) instance

Questions about 君子

What does 君子 mean?

君子 (jūnzǐ) means "nobleman; person of noble character" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 君子?

君子 is made of 2 characters: 君 (7 strokes), 子 (3 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 君子 an HSK word?

Yes. 君子 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.