Kanji Detail for 掾 - "assist, subordinate, third rank"

掾

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
掾 means "assist, subordinate, third rank."
1. Assist - To help; to support.
2. Subordinate - A low-ranking official.
3. Third rank - The third of four ranks of provincial officials under the ritsuryō system (Japanese usage).
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

help; subordinate official; obsolete government service rank

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

a general designation of officials

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

official

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

a general designation of officials

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

The general title for ancient assistant officials. Such as 丞掾, 掾屬. | To select. Such as 揀定, 揀取.
Onyomi

en(エン)

ten(テン)
Kunyomi

jou(じょう)
Strokes

13 strokes
Radical

手扌 (te・tehen)
Related Keywords
assist help support subordinate low ranking official third rank four ranks provincial officials ritsury system