公卿

公卿

Chinese

		just; honorable; public just; honorable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	(old) minister; (old) term of endearment between spouses; thou (poet.)
simp. and trad. (公卿)		公	卿

Etymology

Originally an abbreviation of 三公 (the Three Excellencies) + 九卿 (the nine ministers)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngqīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gōngqīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongching
    • IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

公卿

1. (literary) the Three Excellencies and the nine ministers
2. (literary) a generic term for all of the high-level ministers and officials within the government

References

• 三公 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• 九卿 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	卿
く Grade: 2	ぎょう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɡʲo̞ː]

Noun

公卿 (hiragana くぎょう, rōmaji kugyō)

1. court nobility

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Korean

Hanja in this term
公	卿

Noun

公卿 • (gonggyeong) (hangeul 공경)

1. Hanja form^? of 공경.