公爵

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	nobility; (ancient wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle)
trad. (公爵)		公	爵
simp. #(公爵)		公	爵

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngjué

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ zoek³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-chiok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngjué
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongjyué
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-chüeh²
    • Yale: gūng-jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongjyue
    • Palladius: гунцзюэ (gunczjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ zoek³
    • Yale: gūng jeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ dzoek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ zêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sœːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-chiok
    • Tâi-lô: kong-tsiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongciog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ t͡siɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɔk̚³²/

Noun

公爵

1. duke

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (公爵):

• → Japanese: 公(こう)爵(しゃく) (kōshaku)
• → Korean: 공작(公爵) (gongjak)
• → Vietnamese: công tước (公爵)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	爵
こう Grade: 2	しゃく Grade: S
kan'on

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

公爵

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Duke

Wikipedia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Chinese 公爵 (gōngjué). Used initially as a translation of European titles such as English duke or German Herzog.^[1]

First cited in Japanese to 1867.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーしゃく [kóꜜòshàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2][3][4]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɕa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

公(こう)爵(しゃく) • (kōshaku) ^{←こうしやく (kousyaku)?}

1. [from 1867] duke

See also

• 公(こう)国(こく) (kōkoku, “duchy; principality”)
• 侯(こう)爵(しゃく) (kōshaku, “marquis”)
• 伯(はく)爵(しゃく) (hakushaku, “count; earl”)
• 子(し)爵(しゃく) (shishaku, “viscount”)
• 男(だん)爵(しゃく) (danshaku, “baron”)

References

1. “公爵”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
公	爵

Noun

公爵 • (gongjak) (hangeul 공작)

1. hanja form^? of 공작 (“duke”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
公	爵

Noun

公爵

1. chữ Hán form of công tước (“duke”).