五爵
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 五 | 爵 |
| ご Grade: 1 | しゃく Grade: S |
| kan’on | |
Etymology
Literary Chinese 五爵
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) ごしゃく [góꜜshàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
- (Tokyo) ごしゃく [gòshákú] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA(key): [ɡo̞ɕa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]
Noun
五爵 • (goshaku)
- (collective) the five ranks of 爵 (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: 公 (kō, “duke”), 公爵 (kōshaku, “duke”), 侯 (kō, “marquis”), 侯爵 (kōshaku, “marquis”), 子 (shi, “viscount”), 子爵 (shishaku, “viscount”), 男 (dan, “baron”), 男爵 (danshaku, “baron”), 伯 (haku, “count”), 伯爵 (hakushaku, “count”)