HSK 6 · Family

君子 jūnzǐ “gentleman” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 君子 means

  1. gentleman
  2. person of noble character
  3. nobleman

How to say 君子

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale君jūn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale子zǐ3rd tone, dipping

君子 in a sentence

  1. 他以君子之道生活。

    Tā yǐ jūnzǐ zhī dào shēnghuó.

    He lives by the code of a gentleman.

    Sentence #1394950 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 君子 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 君 (jūn) with each of its parts in a different colour
君jūnmonarch
  • 尹to govern · yǐn
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 子 (zi) with each of its parts in a different colour
子zǐson
  • 了clear · le
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.

How to write 君子

君 7 strokes · 子 3 strokes

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君子 (jūnzǐ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 君子 (jūnzǐ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 君子

Words with 子

儿子érzi · son椅子yǐzi · chair桌子zhuōzi · table杯子bēizi · cup妻子qīzi · wife孩子háizi · child本子běnzi · book子zi · (common noun suffix)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

More words: People, Body & Health

后代hòudài · descendants家伙jiāhuo · guy家属jiāshǔ · family member居民jūmín · resident配偶pèi'ǒu · spouse乞丐qǐgài · beggar人士rénshì · public figure嫂子sǎozi · sister-in-law (elder brother’s wife)

FAQs

君子 (jūnzǐ) means “gentleman” or “person of noble character”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jūnzǐ: jūn with a 1st tone, then zǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 君子 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type junzi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 君子 from the suggestions. Typing junzi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
君子 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.