公人

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	man; person; people
trad. (公人)		公	人
simp. #(公人)		公	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongrén
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-jên²
    • Yale: gūng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongren
    • Palladius: гунжэнь (gunžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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Noun

公人

1. (law) public person
2. (archaic) government corvée

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
公	人
こう Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1
kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーじん [kòójíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːʑĩɴ]

Noun

公(こう)人(じん) • (kōjin) ^{←こうじん (kouzin)?}

1. public character

   Antonym: 私人 (shijin)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
公	人
く Grade: 2	にん Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くにん [kùníń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

公(く)人(にん) • (kunin) ^{←くにん (kunin)?}

1. (after the end of the Heian period) a lower-ranking official in the Imperial Court (宮中)
2. (the Kamakura and Muromachi period) a lower-ranking official in the Mandokoro (政所), Samurai-dokoro (侍所), Monchūjo (問注所), etc.
3. (the Muromachi period) a person who belongs to a shrine or temple, etc. and dose odd jobs

Derived terms

• 公(く)人(にん)朝(ちょう)夕(じゃく)人(にん) (kunin chōjakunin)
• 公(く)人(にん)奉(ぶ)行(ぎょう) (kunin bugyō)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
公	人
こう Grade: 2	にん Grade: 1
kan’on	goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーにん [kòóníń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

公(こう)人(にん) • (kōnin) ^{←こうにん (kounin)?}

1. Same as こうじん above.
2. Same as くにん above.

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
公	人
おおやけ Grade: 2	ひと > びと Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おおやけ​びと [òóyákéꜜbìtò] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːja̠ke̞bʲito̞]

Noun

公(おおやけ)人(びと) • (ōyakebito) ^{←おほやけびと (ofoyakebito)?}

1. official in the Imperial Court

   Synonyms: 大宮人 (ōmiyabito, ōmiyahito), 官吏 (kanri)

Korean

Hanja in this term
公	人

Noun

公人 • (gong'in) (hangeul 공인)

1. Hanja form^? of 공인 (“public figure”).