王様

Taken apart

1. 王

   おう

   king

2. +

3. 様

   さま

   Esq.

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Wiktionary's text doesn't split this word, so each part is one of its kanji (with the okurigana written after it), with the reading and the dictionary meaning KANJIDIC2 gives that character — a word doesn't always use every sense of its kanji.

Written with 王様

In a sentence

• 彼(かれ)は王様(おうさま)以上(いじょう)だった。

  He was more than a king.

  Tatoeba #109523, translation #294167

• 猫(ねこ)でも王様(おうさま)が見(み)られる。

  Even a cat may look at a king.

  Tatoeba #121989, translation #282015

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What Wiktionary says

Quoted line by line from Wiktionary's Etymology section for this reading, taken from one dated dump so it can't change underneath us. Nothing below is paraphrased.

• “王(おう) (ō) + 様(さま) (-sama)”

Source: Wiktionary: 王様 (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).

What the labels mean

混種語 Hybrid

Words that mix layers, e.g. a native part with a Chinese one.

Compound

Two or more words or stems joined into one.