関白

See also: 關白

Japanese

Kanji in this term
関	白
かん Grade: 4	はく > ぱく Grade: 1
kan’on

Alternative spelling
關白 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

/kʷanbaku/ → /kʷanpaku/ → */kʷampaku/ → /kampaku/

From Middle Chinese 關白 (MC kwaen baek).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Passage from the Book of Han needed”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) か​んぱく [káꜜǹpàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠mpa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

関(かん)白(ぱく) • (kanpaku) ^{←くわんぱく (kwanpaku)?}

1. (historical) chief advisor to the Emperor
2. domineering, hectoring

関(かん)白(ぱく) • (Kanpaku) ^{←くわんぱく (kwanpaku)?}

1. (historical) a nickname for Toyotomi Hideyoshi

   Synonym: 太閤 (Taikō)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 主(あるじ)関白(かんぱく) (aruji kanpaku)
• 宇治(うじ)の関白(かんぱく) (Uji no Kanpaku)
• 殺生(せっしょう)関白(かんぱく) (Sesshō Kanpaku)
• 月(つきの)輪(わ)関白(かんぱく) (Tsukinowa Kanpaku)
• 亭主(ていしゅ)関白(かんぱく) (teishu kanpaku)
• 御堂(みどう)関白(かんぱく) (Midō Kanpaku)

Descendants

• → Portuguese: Quambacudono

See also

• 摂政(せっしょう) (sesshō, “regent”)