公人

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Chinese

just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 
man; person; people
trad. (公人)
simp. #(公人)

Pronunciation


Noun

公人

  1. (law) public person
  2. (archaic) government corvée

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2
じん
Grade: 1
kan'on
 公人 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

(こう)(じん) (kōjinこうじん (kouzin)?

  1. public character
    Antonym: 私人 (shijin)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
にん
Grade: 1
goon
 公人 (役職) on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

()(にん) (kuninくにん (kunin)?

  1. (after the end of the Heian period) a lower-ranking official in the Imperial Court (宮中)
  2. (the Kamakura and Muromachi period) a lower-ranking official in the Mandokoro (政所), Samurai-dokoro (侍所), Monchūjo (問注所), etc.
  3. (the Muromachi period) a person who belongs to a shrine or temple, etc. and dose odd jobs
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2
にん
Grade: 1
kan'on goon

Pronunciation

Noun

(こう)(にん) (kōninこうにん (kounin)?

  1. Same as こうじん above.
  2. Same as くにん above.

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
おおやけ
Grade: 2
ひと > びと
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(おおやけ)(びと) (ōyakebitoおほやけびと (ofoyakebito)?

  1. official in the Imperial Court
    Synonyms: 大宮人 (ōmiyabito, ōmiyahito), 官吏 (kanri)

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

公人 (gong'in) (hangeul 공인)

  1. hanja form? of 공인 (public figure)