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Kanji Detail for 爵 - "rank, peerage, noble"
爵
- Meaning
爵 means "rank, peerage, noble."
Rank - A position in a hierarchy.
Peerage - The ranks of nobility.
Cup - A vessel for drinking.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
baron; peerage; court rank
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
feudal title or rank
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
noble; a feudal rank or title
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A wine vessel. Colloquially called 爵杯 (jue cup). Still used in sacrifices. | Rank of nobility. Anciently divided into five grades: Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, Baron. Hereditary by descendants. All had fixed stipends. | Interchangeable with 雀. A bird name. See "雀" for details. | [Character analysis] Upper part originally differs from 爪. Now commonly written as combined form.
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