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Kanji Detail for 卿 - "minister, lord"
卿
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Meaning
卿 means "minister, lord." Also associated with title.
Minister - A high official serving the emperor.
Title - A term used by the emperor for addressing ministers.
Lord - A respectful term for addressing others.
You - A term for addressing equals or inferiors.
Spouse - A term used between married couples.
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Name readings of 卿
Given names 卿(あきら)
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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.
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Sentences including 卿
So this is Lady Evans.
Tell me about yourself, please, Sir Anthony.
I was lost in Sir Anthony's wonderful story.
壁には、ピアノに向かって座っているアンソニー卿の大きな写真がかかっていました。
On the wall there was a big picture of Sir Anthony at the piano.
それは、アンソニー卿の８０歳の誕生日でのコンサートであり、みんな切符を手に入れたがっていました。
It was Sir Anthony's eightieth birthday concert and everybody wanted a ticket.