官
See also: 宮
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Translingual
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Han character
官 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十口中口 (JRLR), four-corner 30777, composition ⿱宀㠯)
Derived characters
- 倌 館 (馆 舘) 菅 管
Related characters
- 宮, 宫
- 追
References
- KangXi: page 283, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7107
- Dae Jaweon: page 558, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 921, character 4
- Unihan data for U+5B98
Chinese
simp. and trad. | 官 | |
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alternative forms | 𡧺 𡦹 𠕍 |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (官) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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官 | *koːn |
棺 | *koːn, *koːns |
倌 | *koːn, *kroːns |
悹 | *koːn, *koːnʔ, *koːns |
涫 | *koːn, *koːns |
管 | *koːnʔ |
琯 | *koːnʔ, *kuːns |
痯 | *koːnʔ, *koːns |
輨 | *koːnʔ |
錧 | *koːnʔ, *koːns |
館 | *koːnʔ, *koːns |
婠 | *koːns, *qoːn, *qruːd |
悺 | *koːns |
逭 | *ɡoːns |
菅 | *kroːn |
綰 | *qroːnʔ, *qroːns |
捾 | *qoːd |
Compositionally related to 宮. Approximately analysable as ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 宀 + 𠂤 – multiple rooms under a roof, an official building.
Etymology
Probably the same word as 倌 (OC *koːn, *kroːns, “servant”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.
Pronunciation
Definitions
官
- government official, public servant
- 官員/官员 ― guānyuán ― official
- 做官 ― zuòguān ― to hold an official position
- 外交官 ― wàijiāoguān ― diplomat
- governmental; official
- 官辦/官办 ― guānbàn ― government-run; operated by official bodies
- 官方 ― guānfāng ― official; authoritative; approved
- public; communal
- Synonyms: 公 (gōng), 公共 (gōnggòng), 公用 (gōngyòng)
- Antonym: 私 (sī)
- organ (part of a body)
- Synonym: 器官 (qìguān)
- 五官 ― wǔguān ― the five sense organs (ears, eyes, mouth, nose and tongue)
- a surname
Descendants
- → English: Guan, Kwan
Compounds
Derived terms from 官
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References
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01015
- (Min Nan) “Entry #3824”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
官
(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)
Readings
- Go-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)←くわん (kwan, historical)
- Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)←くわん (kwan, historical)
- Kun: つかさ (tsukasa, 官); おおやけ (ōyake, 官)
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term |
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官 |
つかさ Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 官 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 官, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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官 |
かん Grade: 4 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 官 (MC kuɑn).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) かん [káꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [kã̠ɴ]
Affix
官 • (kan) ←くわん (kwan)?
- government office
- government official
- official rank; official position
- public; state-owned (use, facility, etc.)
- sense organ
Noun
官 • (kan) ←くわん (kwan)?
- government office; authority
- government official
- official rank; official position
- (obsolete) the state; government
- (obsolete) short for 太政官 (daijōkan).
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
References
Korean
Hanja
官 (eumhun 벼슬 관 (byeoseul gwan))
- Hanja form? of 관 (“government office”).
Compounds
- 경찰관 (警察官, gyeongchalgwan, “police officer”)
- 소방관 (消防官, sobanggwan, “firefighter”)
- 외교관 (外交官, oegyogwan, “diplomat”)
Vietnamese
Han character
官: Hán Nôm readings: quan[1][2][3][4][5][6]
- a mandarin, an official
References
- Génibrel (1898).
- Bonet (1899).
- Thiều Chửu (1942).
- Nguyễn (1974).
- Trần (1999).
- Nguyễn et al. (2009).