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Kanji Detail for 吏 - "official, clerk"

吏

  • Meaning

    吏 means "official, clerk." Also associated with administrator.

    1. Official - A government employee.

    2. Clerk - A minor public servant.

    3. Administrator - One who manages affairs.

  • Four-character idioms with 吏

    • 貪官汚吏 たんかんおり Listen corrupt government official

  • Tattoo check: 吏

    • Verified meaning: official, clerk
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おさむ, さとし, つかさ, ふみ)
    • Also carries these associations: administrator

    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 吏

    Given names 吏(つかさ)Listen 吏(ふみ)Listen

    Surnames 吏(おさむ)Listen 吏(さとし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    officer; an official

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    government official, magistrate

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    minor government official or functionary (old)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    government official, magistrate

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

    To govern; to manage. Referring to those who manage affairs and govern people. Hence officials are also called 吏. What local officials should do in their position is called 吏治. | A term for those under superiors. Calling subordinates 吏. Calling clerks also 吏. Such as 吏員.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ri(リ) リ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    official clerk administrator bureaucrat civil servant government officer public functionary scribe registrar custodian

Sentences including 吏

  • I have one of my friends who graduated from university and became a fine public servant. Once he told me that what he had learned from school had been useless. However, what little philosophy he had learned proved to be of great benefit.

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