公卿

Traditional form:

公卿

Pinyin (reading):

gōngqīng

Definitions:

• high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor

Characters:

• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
• 卿 - noble; minister; thou (poetic)

Traditional characters:

• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
• 卿 - noble; minister; thou (poetic)