| | king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great | HSK 4 |
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| | (bound form) commander-in-chief / (bound form) to lead; to command / handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant / (coll.) cool!; sweet! / (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) | HSK 4 |
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| | king | HSK 6 |
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| | prince / son of a king | HSK 6 |
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| | dynasty / reign (of a king) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | court (of king or emperor) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower / all the King's horses and all the King's men | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (bound form) a general / (literary) to command; to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) | |
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| | Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王, played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周, and is also known as the "God of Dreams" | |
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| | to collapse / to fall into ruins / death of king or emperor / demise | |
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| | Long live (the king, the revolution etc)! / Your Majesty / His Majesty | |
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| | Josiah or Yoshiyahu (649-609 BC), a king of Judah (Judaism) | |
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| | lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥｜将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran | |
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| | Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記｜西游记 | |
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| | (used by an emperor or king) I; me; we (royal "we") / (literary) omen | |
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| | great sage / mahatma / king / emperor / outstanding personage / Buddha | |
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| | posthumous name given to the second emperor of a dynasty / King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418 | |
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| | king / magnate / person having expert skill in something | |
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| | King Kong | |
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| | Daji (c. 11th century BC), concubine of the last Shang dynasty king Zhou Xin 紂辛｜纣辛 | |
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| | Dragon King (mythology) | |
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| | King Zhuang of Chu (reigned 613-591 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 | |
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| | Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang 商紂王｜商纣王 (the name refers to a crupper 紂｜纣, the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse) | |
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| | ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king / zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes / gluttonous / sumptuous (banquet) | |
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| | devil king / evil person | |
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| | lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾踐｜勾践, in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom) / fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge | |
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| | (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell | |
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| | Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記｜西游记 | |
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| | title of king / kingship | |
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| | the Way of the King / statecraft / benevolent rule / virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道 | |
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| | the Way of the Hegemon / abbr. for 霸王之道 / despotic rule / rule by might / evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道 / overbearing / tyranny / (of liquor, medicine etc) strong / potent | |
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| | Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女, given by King Gou Jian 勾踐｜勾践 of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu | |
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| | king's palace / throne hall | |
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| | commander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess | |
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| | the king of hell | |
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| | palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea | |
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| | sovereign king | |
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| | (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell / (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person | |
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| | Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空｜孙悟空 in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記｜西游记 | |
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| | to force the king or emperor to abdicate | |
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| | Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 (1605-1645) | |
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| | Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | (King) Sihanouk (of Cambodia) | |
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| | Baosi, concubine of King You of Zhou 周幽王 and one of the famous Chinese beauties | |
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| | shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) / useless troops (idiom) | |
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| | to submit a report to the king / to talk to the king | |
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| | to depose (a king) | |
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| | King Gesar, hero of a Tibetan and Mongolian epic cycle | |
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| | Chakravarti raja (Sanskrit: King of Kings) / emperor in Hindu mythology | |
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| | King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC) / also called 闔廬｜阖庐 | |
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| | tomb (of king or emperor) | |
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| | Tutankhamen, king of ancient Egypt 1333-1323 BC | |
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| | rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess); fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling / to pass the buck | |
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| | Mao Sui (third century BC), who proverbially offered his services to the King of Chu 楚, see 毛遂自薦｜毛遂自荐 | |
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| | (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell | |
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| | Tutankhamen, king of ancient Egypt 1333-1323 BC | |
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| | (literary) king; monarch / (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service / (literary) to avoid (variant of 避) / (literary) to repel (variant of 避) | |
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| | Asa (?-870 BC), third king of Judah and fifth king of the House of David (Judaism) | |
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| | form of torture said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang 商紂王｜商纣王 in which the victim was forced onto a bronze pillar heated by a fire | |
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| | King Fahd of Saudi Arabia | |
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| | Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吳｜吴 in the Three Kingdoms period | |
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| | to depose (a king) | |
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| | Cao Pi (187-226), second son of Cao Cao 曹操, king then emperor of Cao Wei 曹魏 from 220, ruled as Emperor Wen 魏文帝, also a noted calligrapher | |
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| | The Shining (1980 Stanley Kubrick film from Stephen King's 1977 novel) / ChthoniC (Taiwanese metal band) | |
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| | the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea (mythology) | |
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| | Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王 overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc | |
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| | counselor of king or feudal warlord / henchman | |
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| | Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子 | |
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| | King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 | |
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| | Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) | |
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| | to serve the king diligently / to save the country in times of danger / to send troops to rescue the king | |
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| | King Solomon's seal (plant of genus Polygonatum) | |
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| | Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕 / the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义 | |
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| | Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王 and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜｜六韬, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書｜武经七书 | |
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| | Saul (name) / biblical king around 1000 BC | |
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| | (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell | |
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| | Lao Ai (-238 BC), man of Qin famous for his giant penis / in fiction, bogus eunuch and the consort of king Ying Zheng's mother lady Zhao | |
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| | Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記｜西游记 / Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠｜七龙珠 | |
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| | (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell | |
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| | King Wu of Zhou (-1043), personal name Ji Fa 姬發｜姬发, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 1046-1043 BC | |
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| | King You of Zhou (795-771 BC), last king of Western Zhou 西周 | |
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| | King Arthur | |
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| | Jeonjo (1752-1800), 22nd king of Korean Joseon dynasty | |
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| | king oyster mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii) | |
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| | King Lear, 1605 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞｜莎士比亚 | |
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| | Zhou Xin (c. 11th century BC), last king of the Shang dynasty | |
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| | jumbo / king-sized | |
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| | King Xuan, eleventh King of Zhou, reigned (828-782 BC) | |
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| | hotel room with one double (or queen or king) bed | |
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| | lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person / a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other | |
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| | King Mu, fifth king of Zhou, said to have lived to 105 and reigned 976-922 BC or 1001-947 BC, rich in associated mythology | |
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| | Farouk of Egypt (1920-1965), king of Egypt 1936-1952 | |
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| | Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-2016), king of Thailand 1946-2016 | |
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| | Absalom, third son of David, king of Israel (Old Testament) | |
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| | Herod the Great (73 BC - 4 BC), Roman-appointed king of Judea (37-4 BC) | |
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| | Charlemagne (c. 747-c. 814), King of the Franks, Holy Roman Emperor from 800 | |
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| | King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 | |
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| | Shizhoupian, early school primer in great seal script 大篆, attributed to King Xuan of Zhou 周宣王 but probably dating from c. 500 BC | |
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