Chinese symbol for “duke”
公爵
gōng jué
duke; dukedom
The closest CC-CEDICT match for duke is 公爵 (gōng jué), defined as: duke; dukedom.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “duke”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 公爵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 公司 | gōng sī | company; firm; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 公开 (公開) | gōng kāi | open; overt; public; to make public; to release |
| 公民 | gōng mín | citizen |
| 公布 (公佈) | gōng bù | variant of 公布 (gōng bù) |
| 公里 | gōng lǐ | kilometer |
| 爵士 | jué shì | knight; Sir |
| 伯爵 | bó jué | earl; count |
| 勋爵 (勳爵) | xūn jué | Lord (UK hereditary nobility); UK life peer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “duke”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.