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職杖 (しょくじょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

職しょく杖じょう

Meanings

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noun

ceremonial staff; mace

Refers to a formal staff or mace carried as a symbol of authority in ceremonies, such as by university officials or in processions.

学がく長ちょうは式しき典てんで職しょく杖じょうを手てにした。
The university president held the ceremonial staff at the ceremony.

Kanji

職post, employment, work
杖staff, cane

Etymology

Compound of 職 (shoku, 'office, duty') and 杖 (jō, 'staff, cane'), literally 'office staff'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is conventionally associated with ceremonial maces used in academic or formal settings.