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Kanji Detail for 官 - "official, government, organ"

官

  • Meaning

    官 means "official, government, organ."

    1. Official - A government officer.

    2. Government - Public service.

    3. Organ - A body part with specific function.

  • Words using 官

    • 長官 ちょうかん Listen secretary (government); director; chief
    • 官僚 かんりょう Listen bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
    • 官邸 かんてい Listen official residence (e.g. of the prime minister)
    • 次官 じかん Listen vice-minister; undersecretary
    • 官房長官 かんぼうちょうかん Listen Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary
    • 高官 こうかん Listen high official
    • 司令官 しれいかん Listen commandant; commanding officer; general
    • 事務次官 じむじかん Listen permanent vice-president; undersecretary; vice-minister

  • Four-character idioms with 官

    • 半官半民 はんかんはんみん Listen semi-governmental; semi-official
    • 官官接待 かんかんせったい Listen bureaucrats entertaining bureaucrats using public funds
    • 官尊民卑 かんそんみんぴ Listen putting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed; statism
    • 文武百官 ぶんぶひゃっかん Listen all the officials, both military and civil
    • 無位無官 むいむかん Listen having no special rank or title
    • 貪官汚吏 たんかんおり Listen corrupt government official

  • Tattoo check: 官

    • Verified meaning: official, government, organ
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いくお, かん, つかさ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 官

    Given names 官(つかさ)Listen

    Surnames 官(いくお)Listen 官(かん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    bureaucrat; the government; organ

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    official, public servant

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Guan

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    official, public servant

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Office. Meaning those who keep their posts and manage state affairs. | Government offices are called 官. Such as 在官言官. See (Book of Rites, Quli). | Public. Things belonging to the state are called 官. Such as 官賣, 官立. | Organs. Ears, eyes, mouth, nose, and body form the five organs of the human body, each having its own function.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kan(カン) カン

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    宀 (ukammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    official government organ appoint bureaucracy authority administration civil service officer jurisdiction command governance public regulation

Sentences including 官

  • He was taken away by a policeman.

  • The police held the crowd back.

  • Her father is a policeman.

  • The policeman observed the man open the door.

  • The thief ran away and the policeman ran after him.

  • A policeman ran past.

  • The policeman cut me short in my talk.

  • The policeman paid no attention to him.

  • As soon as he caught sight of a policeman , he ran away.

  • The policeman didn't believe the thief.

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