五爵

Japanese

Kanji in this term
五	爵
ご Grade: 1	しゃく Grade: S
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Etymology

Literary Chinese 五爵

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ごしゃく [góꜜshàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) ごしゃく [gòshákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ɕa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

五(ご)爵(しゃく) • (goshaku) ^{←ごしやく (gosyaku)?}

1. 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”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
五	爵

Noun

五爵 • (ojak) (hangeul 오작)

1. Hanja form^? of 오작.