Hanja Analyzer
官

官 — gwan

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
벼슬 관
Romanization
gwan
English
official, public servant
Mandarin
guān
Japanese on'yomi
カン
Japanese kun'yomi
つかさ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#230 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
宀 (40, 5 residual)
Unicode
U+5B98

How 官 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 官 as a ideographic compound involving 宀, 𠂤.

Korean example words with 官

  • 관명官名 Korean gloss: 벼슬 이름
  • 제관諸官 Korean gloss: 여러 관원
  • 관고官庫 Korean gloss: 관가의 창고
  • 관령官令 Korean gloss: 관청의 명령
  • 관부官府 Korean gloss: 정부나 관청
  • 관채官債 Korean gloss: 관에 진 빚
  • 말관末官 Korean gloss: 말단의 관직
  • 모관某官 Korean gloss: 어떠한 벼슬
  • 무관無官 Korean gloss: 벼슬이 없음
  • 염관廉官 Korean gloss: 청렴한 관리
  • 관납官納 Korean gloss: 관청에 납품함
  • 임관任官 Korean gloss: 관직에 임명됨

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 官

  • 長官ちょうかん secretary (government); director; chief
  • 官邸かんてい official residence (e.g. of the prime minister)
  • 官僚かんりょう bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
  • 次官じかん vice-minister; undersecretary
  • 官房長官かんぼうちょうかん Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary
  • 高官こうかん high official
  • 司令官しれいかん commandant; commanding officer; general
  • 事務次官じむじかん permanent vice-president; undersecretary; vice-minister
  • 官房かんぼう government secretariat
  • 国務長官こくむちょうかん Secretary of State
  • 官庁かんちょう government office; government agency; authorities
  • 警官けいかん police officer; policeman; constable

Characters sharing the phonetic 官

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “관” in Korean.

Other hanja read “관”

Other hanja with radical 宀

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