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公爵 (gōng jué) — duke (noble title)

Definition

noun
duke (noble title)
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 公爵。
    Zhè wèi gōng jué shì guó wáng de qīn qi.
    This duke is a relative of the king.
  • 公爵。
    Tā zài lì shǐ shàng bèi fēng wéi gōng jué.
    He was enfeoffed as a duke in history.
  • 公爵。
    Xiǎo shuō lǐ de gōng jué yōng yǒu dà piàn lǐng dì.
    The duke in the novel owns vast territories.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

公gōngduke
爵juérank

公 names the duke rank, and 爵 is a title of nobility; together they mean duke.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

One theory sees 公 as a picture of a wide-mouthed, round-bottomed jar.

Open 公 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

爵 originally pictured a sparrow-shaped wine vessel, sometimes with a hand holding it. In the modern form, the vessel's parts were reshaped and separated.

Open 爵 →
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