五爵

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
しゃく
Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

Literary Chinese 五爵

Pronunciation

Noun

()(しゃく) • (goshaku) ごしやく (gosyaku)?

  1. the five ranks of (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: (, duke), 公爵 (kōshaku, duke), (, marquis), 侯爵 (kōshaku, marquis), (shi, viscount), 子爵 (shishaku, viscount), (dan, baron), 男爵 (danshaku, baron), (haku, count), 伯爵 (hakushaku, count)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

五爵 • (ojak) (hangeul 오작)

  1. Hanja form? of 오작.
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