"三公" meaning in Japanese

See 三公 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [sã̠ŋko̞ː] Forms: 三公 [canonical] (ruby: 三(さん), 公(こう)), sankō [romanization]
Etymology: Literary Chinese 三公 (sāngōng) Etymology templates: {{der|ja|lzh-lit|三公|sort=さんこう}} Literary Chinese 三公 (sāngōng) Head templates: {{ja-noun|さんこう}} 三(さん)公(こう) • (sankō)
  1. (historical, government) three highest-ranking officials in feudal China Tags: historical Holonyms: 三公九卿 Meronyms: 太師, 太傅, 太保, 御史大夫, 丞相, 太尉, 司空, 司徒, 太尉
    Sense id: en-三公-ja-noun-yKfE2h20 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Government, Pages with 2 entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Occupations, Three Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 19 3 31 21 26 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 46 54 Disambiguation of Occupations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Three: 50 50 Topics: government
  2. (historical, government) three highest-ranking officials in feudal Japan Tags: historical Meronyms: 右大臣, 左大臣, 太政大臣, 右大臣, 左大臣, 内大臣
    Sense id: en-三公-ja-noun-oMTwC3X- Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Government, Pages with 2 entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with kan'on, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Occupations, Three Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 19 3 31 21 26 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 39 61 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kan'on: 24 76 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 26 74 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 39 61 Disambiguation of Occupations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Three: 50 50 Topics: government
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 公主 (kōshu) (ruby: 公(こう), 主(しゅ)) 
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