詔勅

• 読み: しょうちょく
• ローマ字: shōchoku
• 漢字の分解: 詔 (shō) — imperial proclamation; 勅 (choku) — imperial command
• 発音: /ɕoː.tɕo.kɯ/

意味

Imperial edict; imperial rescript. A formal proclamation or command issued in the name of the emperor.

A formal noun referring to official communications from the Emperor, including 詔 (formal edicts to the nation) and 勅 (commands to officials). Under the Meiji Constitution, imperial rescripts carried the force of law; the most famous is the 教育勅語 (Imperial Rescript on Education, 1890). Under the postwar constitution, the emperor's formal acts are purely ceremonial.

例文

1. 明治天皇は近代化を推進する詔勅を発した。
2. 終戦の詔勅がラジオで読み上げられ、国民は静かに耳を傾けた。
3. 詔勅の形式と内容は時代とともに大きく変化してきた。

使い方ガイド

場面: imperial history, constitutional law, Meiji era studies

トーン: formal

起源と歴史

A combination of 詔 (shō) meaning 'imperial proclamation to all people' and 勅 (choku) meaning 'imperial command to officials.' Together they encompass the full range of imperial edicts.

文化的背景

時代: Meiji–Showa

世代: Historians and legal scholars

社会的背景: Academic