公爵

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	nobility; (ancient wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle)
trad. (公爵)		公	爵
simp. #(公爵)		公	爵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngjué

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ zoek³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-chiok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngjué
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongjyué
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-chüeh²
    • Yale: gūng-jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongjyue
    • Palladius: гунцзюэ (gunczjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ zoek³
    • Yale: gūng jeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ dzoek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ zêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sœːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-chiok
    • Tâi-lô: kong-tsiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongciog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ t͡siɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɔk̚³²/

Noun

公爵

1. duke

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (公爵):

• → Japanese: 公(こう)爵(しゃく) (kōshaku)
• → Korean: 공작(公爵) (gongjak)
• → Vietnamese: công tước (公爵)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	爵
こう Grade: 2	しゃく Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Chinese 公爵 (gōngjué). Used initially as a translation of European titles such as English duke or German Herzog.

First cited in Japanese to 1867.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​ーしゃく [kóꜜòshàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɕa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

公(こう)爵(しゃく) • (kōshaku) ^{←こうしやく (kousyaku)?}

1. [from 1867] duke

See also

• 公(こう)国(こく) (kōkoku, “duchy; principality”)
• 侯(こう)爵(しゃく) (kōshaku, “marquis”)
• 伯(はく)爵(しゃく) (hakushaku, “count; earl”)
• 子(し)爵(しゃく) (shishaku, “viscount”)
• 男(だん)爵(しゃく) (danshaku, “baron”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
公	爵

Noun

公爵 • (gongjak) (hangeul 공작)

1. Hanja form^? of 공작 (“duke”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
公	爵

Noun

公爵

1. chữ Hán form of công tước (“duke”).