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卿けい
Meanings
Suffix
Honorific
1. Lord; Sir
when read as "きょう"
Noun
Historical
2. state minister (under the ritsuryo system)
Archaic
Pronoun
Masculine
Honorific
3. you (in reference to someone of lower status)
when read as "けい"
Alt. forms
卿きょう
100%
Kanji used
卿
magistrate
Pitch accent
け
い
Used in: 814
Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
cardinal (Catholic church)
① 公家中、三位以上の貴族の総称。大臣以上を「公」、大納言以上、参議または三位までを「卿」という。
nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government); nobility
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Examples (1 in total)
Tell me about yourself, please, Sir Anthony.