五爵

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
しゃく
Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

Literary Chinese 五爵

Pronunciation

Noun

()(しゃく) (goshaku) ごしやく (gosyaku)?

  1. (collective) 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

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

五爵 (ojak) (hangeul 오작)

  1. Hanja form? of 오작.
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