官

official; bureaucrat; the government; organ

8 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 230.

Readings

• カン (on reading): 警官 (けいかん) police officer; 司令官 (しれいかん) commandant
• Read as a whole word: 長官 (かみ) director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryō system); 次官 (すけ) assistant director (second highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryō system)

Components

• 宀
• 口
• ｜ radical vertical stroke
• 口 radical mouth
• 宀 radical roof

Kanji containing 官

• 管 pipe
• 館 building
• 菅 sedge
• 棺 coffin
• 舘 mansion
• 綰 bend around

Words using 官

• 警官 (けいかん) police officer
• 司令官 (しれいかん) commandant
• 退官 (たいかん) retirement from office
• 長官 (ちょうかん) secretary (government)
• 警察官 (けいさつかん) police officer
• 長官 (かみ) director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryō system)
• 次官 (すけ) assistant director (second highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryō system)

477 words in all.

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