公主

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary
trad. (公主)		公	主
simp. #(公主)		公	主
anagram		主公

Etymology

In Volume I of his 1085 treatise Records of the Origins of Affairs and Things (事物紀原), Gao Cheng (高承) quoted Chūnqiū Zhǐzhǎng Suìyù's (春秋指掌碎玉) statement that:

天子嫁女，秦漢以來，使三公主之，故呼公主也。” [MSC, trad.]

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天子嫁女，秦汉以来，使三公主之，故呼公主也。” [MSC, simp.]

Tiānzǐ jià nǚ, qín hàn yǐlái, shǐ sāngōng zhǔ zhī, gù hū gōngzhǔ yě.” [Pinyin]

[When] the Son of Heaven married off a daughter, ever since Qin and Han periods, he employed [one of] the Three Dukes [gōng] (公) to host [zhǔ] (主) [the marriage]. Hence the appellation Gōngzhǔ (公主).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 公主

1. daughter of a monarch; princess
2. princess (young girl or woman considered vain, spoiled or selfish)

Synonyms

• (young girl or woman considered vain): (neologism, slang) 公舉／公举 (gōngjǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (公主):

• → Japanese: 公(こう)主(しゅ) (kōshu)
• → Korean: 공주(公主) (gongju)

→ Mongolian: ᠭᠦ᠋ᠩᠵᠦ (güngǰü) / гүнж (günž)

→ Sogdian: γwnčwyh

→ Old Turkic: 𐰸𐰆𐰨𐰖 (q̊¹unčy¹ /⁠qunčui⁠/)

• → Karakhanid: [script needed] (qunčūy)

• ⇒ Vietnamese: công chúa

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	主
こう Grade: 2	しゅ Grade: 3
kan'on

Etymology

Middle Chinese 公主 (kuŋ t͡ɕɨo^X, literally “her marriage is presided by the 三公 (“Three Ducal Ministers”)”)

Noun

公(こう)主(しゅ) • (kōshu) 

1. (historical, monarchy) a non-Japanese East Asian princess

   Hyponyms: 皇女, 王女

See also

• 駙(ふ)馬(ば) (fuba)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
公	主

Noun

公主 • (gongju) (hangeul 공주)

1. hanja form^? of 공주 (“princess”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
公	主

Noun

公主

1. chữ Hán form of công chúa (“princess”).