爵 — Chinese character
爵
jué
noble; a feudal rank or title
- Pinyin
- jué
- Radical
- 87 ⽖ (Claw)
- Strokes
- 17
- Components
- 爫 罒 良 寸
- Formation
- ideographic — A hand 寸 holding a goblet 良 of wine 罒
- Japanese
- 爵 as a kanji
Common words with 爵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爵士 | jué shì | knight; Sir |
| 伯爵 | bó jué | earl; count |
| 公爵 | gōng jué | duke; dukedom |
| 勋爵 (勳爵) | xūn jué | Lord (UK hereditary nobility); UK life peer |
| 男爵 | nán jué | baron |
| 爵士乐 (爵士樂) | jué shì yuè | jazz (loanword) |
| 侯爵 | hóu jué | marquis |
| 爵位 | jué wèi | order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公 (gōng), Marquis 侯 (hóu), Count 伯 (bó), Viscount 子 (zǐ), Baron 男 (nán) |
| 封爵 | fēng jué | to confer a title; to ennoble |
| 公爵夫人 | gōng jué fū rén | duchess |
| 子爵 | zǐ jué | viscount |
| 官爵 | guān jué | official ranking; titles and honors |
English words written with 爵
爵 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Art of War 1 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 18 · Zhuangzi 14 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.