Kanji Detail for 宦 - "official, serve"

宦

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
宦 means "official, serve."
1. Official - A government officer; a position.
2. Serve - To work at the imperial court.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

official

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

officialdom, government official

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

surname Huan

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

government official

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

To serve in office. Going into office is called 游宦. | All who serve others are called 宦. 宦女 means becoming a concubine to serve others. See (Zuo Zhuan). Also, castrated men are called 宦. Such as 宦官, 宦者, the eunuchs of later eras.
Onyomi

gen(げん)

kan(かん)
Kunyomi

mana.bu(まなぶ)

tsuka.eru(つかえる)
Strokes

9 strokes
Radical

宀 (ukammuri)
Related Keywords
official government officer position serve work imperial court