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Kanji Detail for 卿 - "minister, lord, noble"

卿

  • Meaning

    卿 means "minister, lord, noble."

    1. Minister - A high official serving the emperor.

    2. Title - A term used by the emperor for addressing ministers.

    3. Lord - A respectful term for addressing others.

    4. You - A term for addressing equals or inferiors.

    5. Spouse - A term used between married couples.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    you; lord; secretary; state minister

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    noble, high officer

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    high ranking official (old); term of endearment between spouses (old); (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old); honorific (old)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    noble; minister; thou (poetic)

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A title for high officials. Such as in the old official system, 正卿, 少卿. | A form of address. Since Qin and Han, rulers have called their ministers 卿. Equals addressing each other also use 卿. During the Six Dynasties, it was a term of endearment. As Yu Ji said to Wang Yan, "You call me 'qing,' I call you 'qing-qing.'" See (Shishuo). Since Sui and Tang, those of lower rank were addressed as 卿.
  • Onyomitip

    kei(けい) けい

    kyo(きょ) きょ

  • Kunyomitip

    kimi(きみ) きみ

    kuge(くげ) くげ

  • Strokestip

    12 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    卩 (fushizukuri・warifu)

  • Related Keywords
    minister lord noble official court high-rank aristocrat dignitary statesman counselor advisor you sir title honorific respectful spouse partner government royal
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