爵

Meaning

爵 centers on noble rank and hereditary title, specifically the rank of baron within a peerage system. The given meanings all relate to this concept of aristocratic court rank.

• 伯爵はくしゃく

  count; earl

• 男爵だんしゃく

  baron

• 公爵こうしゃく

  prince; duke

• 侯爵こうしゃく

  marquis; marquess

• 子爵ししゃく

  viscount

• 爵位しゃくい

  peerage; court rank

• 爵しゃく

  jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze)

• ナイト爵位ナイトしゃくい

  knighthood

• 五爵ごしゃく

  five ranks of nobility (in Japan; 1868-1946)

• 五等爵ごとうしゃく

  five ranks of nobility (in Japan; 1869-1947)

• 人爵じんしゃく

  worldly honors; worldly honours

• 伯爵夫人はくしゃくふじん

  countess

• 侯爵夫人こうしゃくふじん

  marchioness

• 公爵夫人こうしゃくふじん

  princess; duchess

• 准男爵じゅんだんしゃく

  baronet

• 勲爵くんしゃく

  peerage and order of merit

• 叙爵じょしゃく

  conferring a peerage

• 天爵てんしゃく

  true merit; natural nobility

• 官爵かんしゃく

  government post and court rank

• 封爵ほうしゃく

  enfeoffment (incl. bestowal of government post and court rank)

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