Japanese symbol for “principality”
公国
こうこく
Romaji: koukoku
dukedom; duchy; principality
In Japanese, principality is 公国, read こうこく (koukoku).
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Meanings
- n dukedom; duchy; principality
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “principality”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 侯国 | こうこく koukoku | marquisate; marquessate; principality |
| 公領 | こうりょう kouryou | duchy; dukedom; principality |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 公開 | こうかい koukai | opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting |
| 公式 | こうしき koushiki | official; formal |
| 公演 | こうえん kouen | public performance |
| 公園 | こうえん kouen | (public) park |
| 公共 | こうきょう koukyou | public (facilities, service, etc.); communal |
| 公表 | こうひょう kouhyou | official announcement; proclamation |
| 全国 | ぜんこく zenkoku | the whole country |
| 国内 | こくない kokunai | within the country; inside the county; domestic |
See also: Chinese symbol for “principality”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.