五爵

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
五 爵
ご
Grade: 1 		しゃく
Grade: S
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Etymology

Literary Chinese 五爵

Pronunciation

Noun

五(ご)爵(しゃく) • (goshaku) ←ごしやく (gosyaku)?

  1. the five ranks of 爵 (shaku, “peerage”) in feudal China, bestowed on 諸侯 (shokō, “princes”) (sons, brothers, nephews, male cousins, etc.) of the 皇帝 (kōtei, “huangdi; emperor”), later used as East Asian equivalents to European ranks
    Synonym: 五等爵
    Meronyms: 公 (kō, “duke”), 公爵 (kōshaku, “duke”), 侯 (kō, “marquis”), 侯爵 (kōshaku, “marquis”), 子 (shi, “viscount”), 子爵 (shishaku, “viscount”), 男 (dan, “baron”), 男爵 (danshaku, “baron”), 伯 (haku, “count”), 伯爵 (hakushaku, “count”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
五爵

Noun

五爵 • (ojak) (hangeul 오작)

  1. hanja form? of 오작
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