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
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences