暴君 (bào jūn) — tyrant; despot | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

tyrantdespot

Measure word · 个

暴君。
Rén mín zuì zhōng tuī fān le nà ge bào jūn de tǒng zhì.
The people finally overthrew that tyrant's rule.
暴君。
Lì shǐ shàng xǔ duō bào jūn dōu yīn wèi bào zhèng ér shī qù mín xīn.
Many tyrants in history lost popular support due to tyranny.
，暴君。
Zài zhè ge gù shi lǐ, bào jūn bèi yí gè yǒng gǎn de nián qīng rén dǎ bài le.
In this story, the tyrant was defeated by a brave young person.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

暴 describes cruelty and 君 means ruler, so the word means a cruel ruler.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The earliest form paired 虎 and 戈, a tiger and a weapon. The later 暴 came from a picture of hands drying something in the sun.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

尹口君

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

尹

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

君 combines 尹 and 口. Early forms were often interchangeable with 尹, and 口 may show commands or simply be decorative.

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