公人

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

Pronunciation

Noun

公人

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

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
公 人
こう
Grade: 2		 じん
Grade: 1
kan’on

Pronunciation

Noun

公(こう)人(じん) • (kōjin) ←こうじん (kouzin)?

  1. public character
    Antonym: 私人 (shijin)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
公 人
く
Grade: 2		 にん
Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) くにん [kùníń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

公(く)人(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
  • 公(く)人(にん)朝(ちょう)夕(じゃく)人(にん) (kunin chōjakunin)
  • 公(く)人(にん)奉(ぶ)行(ぎょう) (kunin bugyō)

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
公 人
こう
Grade: 2		 にん
Grade: 1
kan’on goon

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) こーにん [kòóníń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

公(こう)人(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
公 人
おおやけ
Grade: 2		 ひと > びと
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おおやけ​びと [òóyákéꜜbìtò] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːja̠ke̞bʲito̞]

Noun

公(おおやけ)人(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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
公人

Noun

公人 • (gong'in) (hangeul 공인)

  1. Hanja form? of 공인 (“public figure”).
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