伯爵

Chinese

 
father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle
father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address
nobility; (ancient wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle)
simp. and trad.
(伯爵)

Pronunciation


Noun

伯爵

  1. count (ruler of a county)
  2. earl (a British or Irish nobleman)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (伯爵):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
はく
Grade: S
しゃく
Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

(count) + (nobility title). Originally, the third highest among the 五等爵 (Gotōshaku, Five Ranks) in China under the Zhou dynasty. Used as an equivalent to the concept of the European "count" after the Meiji Restoration, during the establishment of a new peerage system called 華族 (Kazoku).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しゃく [hàkúshákú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠kɯ̟̊ᵝɕa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

(はく)(しゃく) • (hakushaku) はくしやく (fakusyaku)?

  1. count (male ruler of a county)
  2. earl (a British or Irish nobleman)
    • Takeuchi, Ryōsuke with Miyoshi, Hikaru, “#1|緋(ひ)色(いろ)の瞳(ひとみ)(The Scarlet Eyes) [#1|The Scarlet Eyes]”, in 憂国のモリアーティ(Moriarty the Patriot) [Moriarty the Patriot], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, pages 66–67:
      (きみ)(たち)は……
      Kimitachi wa……
      You are…
      ……アルバート モリアーティ(はく)(しゃく)()(ちょう)() アルバート・ジェームズ・モリアーティ そしてその(おとうと) ウィリアム・ジェームズ・モリアーティとルイス・ジェームズ・モリアーティです
      ……Arubāto Moriāti Hakushakuke chōshi Arubāto Jēmuzu Moriāti Soshite sono otōto Wiriamu Jēmuzu Moriāti to Ruisu Jēmuzu Moriāti desu
      …Albert. Eldest son of the Earl Moriarty, Albert James Moriarty. And these are my brothers, William James Moriarty and Lewis James Moriarty.

See also

References

  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

伯爵 • (baekjak) (hangeul 백작)

  1. Hanja form? of 백작 (count; earl).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

伯爵

  1. chữ Hán form of bá tước (count; earl).
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