| 世宗大王 |
Shì zōng Dà wáng |
Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented |
| 世 |
Shì |
surname Shi |
| 世 |
shì |
life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble |
| 世宗 |
Shì zōng |
Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented |
| 宗 |
Zōng |
surname Zong |
| 宗 |
zōng |
school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / clan / to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) / classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 大王 |
dà wáng |
king / magnate / person having expert skill in something |
| 大王 |
dài wang |
robber baron (in opera, old stories) / magnate |
| 王 |
Wáng |
surname Wang |
| 王 |
wáng |
king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great |
| 王 |
wàng |
(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom) |