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王
“strength, power”
王 is a surname, possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. It is used in Chinese and Vietnamese.
Chinese and Japanese and VietnameseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Wang.
Meaning & origin
What it means
王 possibly goes back to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-baŋ, meaning “strength, power.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-baŋ (“strength, power”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
王’s family of names
In Chinese usage, 王 has a later derivative in Heng. 王 as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form WANG. In Chinese usage, 王 has a later derivative in WHANG.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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