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君 · Zhang Zhi (v4)

Jūn (1st tone). 《说文·口部》: 「君,尊也。从尹。发号,故从口。」 — ‘the honoured one; from 尹 (a hand gripping the baton of office), and from 口 because he issues commands.’ Authority is drawn as a hand plus a mouth. The Confucian tradition then moved the word off $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart