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卿
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minister

HSK 10
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qīng
ケイ、キョウ
きみ
경
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
卿
Regular
Modern
Chinese
卿 [qīng]
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)
Japanese
卿 きょう 同音
  1. suffix honorific Lord; Sir (after a name)
  2. noun historical state minister (under the ritsuryō system)
卿 けい 同音

pronoun

  1. honorificmalearchaic you (used to address someone of equal or lower status)
  2. honorificarchaic you (used by a ruler to address a subject)
Korean
경 [卿]
Noun
Lord; (polite form) A person awarded with the title of a nobleman in the United Kingdom.
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
卿 あきら
Akira given name
CHINESE WORDS (20)
国务卿 [guó​wù​qīng] #13,556
Secretary of State
国务卿 [guó​wù​qīng] #13,556
Secretary of State
卿卿我我 [qīng​qīng​wǒ​wǒ] #24,981
to bill and coo (idiom)
颜真卿 [Yán​Zhēn​qīng] #47,920
Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty
颜真卿 [Yán​Zhēn​qīng] #47,920
Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty
关汉卿 [Guān​Hàn​qīng] #48,578
Guan Hanqing (c. 1235-c. 1300), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家
关汉卿 [Guān​Hàn​qīng] #48,578
Guan Hanqing (c. 1235-c. 1300), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家
公卿 [gōng​qīng] #64,837
high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor
徐祯卿 [Xú​Zhēn​qīng] #70,216
Xu Zhenqing (1479-1511), Ming writer, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
徐祯卿 [Xú​Zhēn​qīng] #70,216
Xu Zhenqing (1479-1511), Ming writer, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
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JAPANESE WORDS (12)
⭐ 大人 [おとな] #1,009
adult
枢機卿 [すうききょう] #24,949
cardinal (Catholic Church)
公卿 [くぎょう] #32,714
high-ranking court noble
御三卿 [ごさんきょう] #114,867
three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)
三卿 [さんきょう] #129,842
three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)
慶雲 [けいうん] #146,316
auspicious cloud
月卿雲客 [げっけいうんかく] #167,148
court nobles and other courtiers allowed into the Imperial Palace
九卿 [きゅうけい] #178,958
nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
卿相 [けいしょう] #222,431
court nobles and state ministers
六卿 [りくけい]
six ministers (of the six Zhou dynasty Chinese ministries)
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