王おう朝ちょう

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Meanings

noun

dynasty

Refers to a hereditary ruling family or period, used in historical and political contexts.

唐とう王おう朝ちょうは中ちゅう国ごくの歴れき史しで最もっとも繁はん栄えいした時じ代だいの一ひとつだ。
The Tang dynasty was one of the most prosperous periods in Chinese history.
この国くには長ながい王おう朝ちょうの歴れき史しを持もっている。
This country has a long dynastic history.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に王おう朝ちょうを建たてるto found a dynasty in a place
彼かれはこの地ちに新あたらしい王おう朝ちょうを建たてた。
He founded a new dynasty in this land.
王おう朝ちょうが滅ほろびるfor a dynasty to fall/perish
その王おう朝ちょうは内ない乱らんによって滅ほろびた。
That dynasty fell due to internal strife.
王おう朝ちょうが続つづくfor a dynasty to continue/last
この王おう朝ちょうは三さん百びゃく年ねん以い上じょう続つづいた。
This dynasty lasted for over three hundred years.

Kanji

王king, rule, magnate
朝morning, dynasty, regime

Related words

帝てい国こくN1
帝国 (empire) emphasizes a large, often expansionist state ruled by an emperor, while 王朝 (dynasty) focuses on the hereditary line of rulers within a state.
王おう家け
王家 refers to the royal family itself, while 王朝 refers to the ruling era or lineage that family maintains in power.

Don't confuse with

幕ばく府ふ
幕府 is a Japanese military government run by a shogun, distinct from 王朝, which is a hereditary line of monarchs ruling as kings or emperors.
朝ちょう廷てい
朝廷 is the imperial court or government apparatus of a reign, while 王朝 is the dynasty (the ruling family and its era) that the court serves.

Word family

政せい治じ王おう朝ちょう
political dynasty
チャクリー王おう朝ちょう
Chakri dynasty

Etymology

Compound of 王 (king, ruler) and 朝 (court, dynasty). The term was adopted in Japanese to translate the Western concept of 'dynasty' and is used for both East Asian and world history.