三公

さんこう

Meanings

1. Noun three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)

Kanji

• 三 three. Read as サン.
• 公 public. Read as コウ.

Words containing 三公

• 三公社五現業 (さんこうしゃごげんぎょう) 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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