Japanese Word Entry
三公社五現業Simplified Japanese form: 三公社五現業
| Kana: | さんこうしゃごげんぎょう |
| Romaji: | sankoushagogengyou |
| Definition: | three public corporations (Japan National Railways, Japan Monopoly Corporation, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) and five government enterprises (postal services, mintage, printing, management of state-owned forests/fields, and monopolization of alcohol) |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 三 | three |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄙㄢ (sān) |
| Cantonese: | saam1 |
| Japanese: | サン (san)、 ゾウ (zou) / み (mi)、 み.つ (mitsu)、 みっ.つ (mittsu)、 みたび (mitabi) |
| Korean: | 삼 (sam) |
| Vietnamese: | tam, tám |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 叁 |
| 公 | public, prince, official, governmental, fair, equitable, duke |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄍㄨㄥ (gōng) |
| Cantonese: | gung1 |
| Japanese: | コウ (kou)、 ク (ku) / おおやけ (ooyake)、 きみ (kimi) |
| Korean: | 공 (gong) |
| Vietnamese: | công |
| 社 | company, firm, office, association, shrine, god of the soil and altars to him, group of families, society |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄕㄜˋ (shè) |
| Cantonese: | se5 |
| Japanese: | シャ (sha)、 ジャ (ja) / やしろ (yashiro)、 くみあい (kumiai)、 こそ (koso) |
| Korean: | 사 (sa) |
| Vietnamese: | xã |
Variants
| Simplified Japanese form: | 社 |
| 五 | five, surname |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄨˇ (wǔ) |
| Cantonese: | ng5 |
| Japanese: | ゴ (go) / いつ (itsu)、 いつ.つ (itsutsu) |
| Korean: | 오 (o) |
| Vietnamese: | ngũ |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 㐅 |
| 現 | present, existing, actual, appear, manifest, become visible |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄒㄧㄢˋ (xiàn) |
| Cantonese: | jin6 |
| Japanese: | ゲン (gen)、 ケン (ken) / あらわ.れる (arawareru)、 あらわ.す (arawasu)、 うつつ (utsutsu) |
| Korean: | 현 (hyeon) |
| Vietnamese: | hiện |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 现 |
| 業 | business, vocation, arts, performance, profession, trade |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄧㄝˋ (yè) |
| Cantonese: | jip6 |
| Japanese: | ギョウ (gyou)、 ゴウ (gou) / わざ (waza)、 すでに (sudeni) |
| Korean: | 업 (eob) |
| Vietnamese: | nghiệp |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 业 |