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：2026/01/11
公
Hiragana
こう
Noun
honorific
familiar
Japanese Meaning
ヨーロッパの君主制国家における、王族に属する高位の貴族。公爵など / 中国やベトナムにおいて、特定の王朝が王族の身分に対して用いた爵位・尊称の一つ。王（おう）に準じる、またはそれに代わる称号 / 君主や王族に対する尊敬をこめた呼び方としての「公」
Easy Japanese Meaning
たかい身分の男の人へのうやまったよびな。おうじなどをさす。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
公爵（欧洲贵族称号） / 亲王／王子（古代中国、越南部分朝代以“公”为称）
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
（敬稱）歐洲的主權親王 / （敬稱）公爵 / （封號）中國、越南某些朝代用作親王的稱號
Korean Meaning
(경칭) 공국의 군주 / (경칭) 공작 / (중국·베트남) 일부 왕조에서 왕자의 칭호
Indonesian
pangeran berdaulat di Eropa (kehormatan) / adipati (kehormatan) / gelar pangeran di Tiongkok dan Vietnam; alternatif dari 王
Vietnamese Meaning
vương công (hoàng thân, vương chủ quyền ở châu Âu) / công tước / (lịch sử) tước “công” dùng thay “vương” cho hoàng tử ở Trung Hoa, Việt Nam
Tagalog Meaning
prinsipe (pampaggalang) / duque/duke / prinsipe sa ilang dinastiya sa Tsina at Vietnam
Sense（1）
(honorific) a European sovereign prince
Sense（2）
(honorific) a duke; in China and Vietnam, an alternative to 王 (ō, “prince”), used by certain dynasties for princes
Sense（3）
(familiar) used as suffix to denote familiarity with or disdain for someone or an animal
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(honorific) a European sovereign prince / (honorific) a duke; in China and Vietnam, an alternative to 王 (ō, “prince”), used by certain dynasties for princes
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公
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He is respected as a European sovereign prince.
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彼はヨーロッパの公として尊敬されています。
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