相国

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 相国 – see 相國 (“Chancellor of State”).
(This term is the simplified form of 相國).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
相 国
しょう
Grade: 3 		こく
Grade: 2
kan'on
Alternative spelling
相國 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

/sʲau kokʉ/ → /ɕɔːkoku/ → /ɕoːkoku/

From Middle Chinese 相國 (MC sjangH kwok).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょーこく [shóꜜòkòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːko̞kɯ̟]

Noun

相(しょう)国(こく) • (shōkoku) ←しやうこく (syaukoku)?

  1. (historical) synonym of 宰相 (saishō): a grand chancellor in the ancient Chinese imperial government
  2. (politics, historical) Chinese equivalent to an umbrella term for 太政大臣 (daijō-daijin), 左大臣 (sadaijin), and 右大臣 (udaijin)

Derived terms

  • 相(しょう)国(こく)寺(じ) (Shōkoku-ji)
  • 右(う)相(しょう)国(こく) (ushōkoku)
  • 九(く)条(じょう)相(しょう)国(こく) (Kujō Shōkoku)
  • 左(さ)相(しょう)国(こく) (sashōkoku)
  • 大(たい)相(しょう)国(こく) (taishōkoku), 大(だい)相(しょう)国(こく) (daishōkoku)
  • 平(へい)相(しょう)国(こく) (Heishōkoku)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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