Chinese edit

male nobility; (ancient wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle)
simp. and trad.
(男爵)
 
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男爵

  1. baron (nobility)

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Sino-Xenic (男爵):

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Kanji in this term
だん
Grade: 1
しゃく
Grade: S
kan’on
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Etymology edit

(man; baron) +‎ (nobility title). Originally, the lowest among the 五等爵 (Gotōshaku, Five Ranks) in China under the Zhou dynasty. Used as an equivalent to the concept of the European "baron" after the Meiji Restoration, during the establishment of a new peerage system called 華族 (Kazoku).

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Noun edit

(だん)(しゃく) (danshakuだんしやく (dansyaku)?

  1. baron

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Hanja in this term

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男爵 (namjak) (hangeul 남작)

  1. Hanja form? of 남작 (baron).

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

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男爵

  1. chữ Hán form of nam tước (baron).