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官 (Kangxi radical 40,宀+5, 8 strokes,cangjie input十口中口 (JRLR),four-corner3077₇,composition⿱宀㠯)

• 逭,悹,菅,管,痯,䦡
• 倌,婠,悺,捾,涫,棺,琯,䘾,綰(绾),䗆,䠉,輨(𫐑),錧(𰾒),舘,䩪,館(馆)

• 宮,宫
• 追

• Kangxi Dictionary: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

Compositionally related to宮. Approximately analysable as ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 宀 + 𠂤 – multiple rooms under a roof, an official building.

Probably the same word as倌 (OC*koːn, *kroːns, “servant”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

官

1. governmentofficial,public servant

   官員／官员  ― guānyuán  ― official

   做官  ― zuòguān  ―  to hold anofficial position

   外交官  ― wàijiāoguān  ―  diplomat

2. governmental;official

   官辦／官办  ― guānbàn  ― government-run; operated byofficial bodies

   官方  ― guānfāng  ―  official; authoritative; approved

3. public;communal

   Synonyms:公(gōng),公共(gōnggòng),公用(gōngyòng)

   Antonym:私(sī)

4. organ(part of a body)

   Synonym:器官(qìguān)

   五官  ― wǔguān  ―  the fivesense organs (ears, eyes, mouth, nose and tongue)

5. asurname

• → English:Guan,Kwan

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01015
• (Min Nan)“官”, in教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien),Ministry of Education, R.O.C.,2025.
• “官”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1],香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

• 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)

FromMiddle Chinese官 (MC kwan).

• (Tokyo)かん[káꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

官(かん)• (kan) ^{←くわん(kwan)?}

1. governmentoffice
2. governmentofficial
3. officialrank;officialposition
4. public;state-owned (use, facility, etc.)
5. sense organ

官(かん)• (kan) ^{←くわん(kwan)?}

1. governmentoffice;authority
2. governmentofficial
3. officialrank;officialposition
4. (obsolete) thestate;government
5. (obsolete) short for太(だい)政(じょう)官(かん)(daijōkan).

官 (eumhun벼슬관(byeoseul gwan))

1. hanja form^? of관(“governmentoffice”)

• 경찰관 (警察官,gyeongchalgwan, “policeofficer”)
• 소방관 (消防官,sobanggwan, “firefighter”)
• 외교관 (外交官,oegyogwan, “diplomat”)
• 장관 (長官,janggwan, “minister, cabinetsecretary”)

官:Hán Nôm readings:quan^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

1. amandarin, anofficial

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