五爵

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
しゃく
Grade: S
kan'on
 Chinese nobility on Wikipedia

Etymology

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Literary Chinese 五爵

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(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

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

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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五爵 (ojak) (hangeul 오작)

  1. hanja form? of 오작