公家

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (公家)		公	家
simp. #(公家)		公	家
anagram		家公

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ gaa¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kong-ka / kong-kee

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹ gê¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngjiā → gōngjia (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ → ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongjiå
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-chia⁵
    • Yale: gūng-jya
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong.jia
    • Palladius: гунцзя (gunczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/ → /kʊŋ⁵⁵ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ gaa¹
    • Yale: gūng gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-ka
    • Tâi-lô: kong-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongkaf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ ka³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-kee
    • Tâi-lô: kong-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gong¹ gê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong ke
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³⁻²³ ke³³/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 公家

1. public

Antonyms

• 私人 (sīrén)

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 公家

1. the state
2. the public
3. imperial family
4. royal court; imperial court; imperial household; imperial government

Synonyms

• (royal court):

(deprecated template usage)

• 上國／上国 (shàngguó) (as termed by vassal states)
• 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 中國／中国 (zhōngguó) (archaic)
• 公庭 (gōngtíng)
• 國家／国家 (guójiā) (Classical Chinese)
• 朝廷 (cháotíng)
• 王室 (wángshì)
• 王家 (wángjiā)
• 王朝 (wángcháo)
• 皇室 (huángshì)
• 皇朝 (huángcháo)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-ke / kong-kee

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-ke
    • Tâi-lô: kong-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongkef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-kee
    • Tâi-lô: kong-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/

Verb

公家

1. (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien Southern Min) to work together; to operate jointly

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 公家

1. (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien) jointly; together

   公家出  ―  gōngjiā chū  ―  (everyone) pay together

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
公	家
く Grade: 2	げ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Probably originally from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 公家. Compare modern Mandarin 公家 (gōngjiā, “the state, the public”). The meaning in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese developed from “great house, great family” to then signify “the imperial family”, then by extension the courtiers, and again the nobility.

The reading is an alteration from the expected go'on reading of kuke.

Alternative forms

• 公卿

Noun

公(く)家(げ) • (kuge) 

1. the imperial court
2. the emperor and courtiers
3. the nobility in general

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
公	家
こう Grade: 2	か Grade: 2
on’yomi

The kan'on reading, suggesting a later borrowing. Rarely used.

Noun

公(こう)家(か) • (kōka) 

1. (rare) the imperial court
2. (rare) the emperor and courtiers

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
公	家
こう Grade: 2	け Grade: 2
on’yomi

Mixed reading, using the kan'on for 公 and the go'on for 家. Rarely used.

Noun

公(こう)家(け) • (kōke) 

1. (rare) the imperial court
2. (rare) the emperor and courtiers