Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
roof
Parts:
bureaucrat, the government, organ
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
230 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 官 【カン】 government service, the bureaucracy
  • 官界 【カンカイ】 bureaucracy
  • 代官 【ダイカン】 local governor (Edo period), local magistrate, bailiff, deputy official (Middle Ages), acting administrator
  • 自衛官 【ジエイカン】 Japanese Self-Defense Force official, Self-Defense Force official

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guan1
Korean:
gwan

Spanish

  • gobierno
  • gubernamental (lugar
  • persona)
  • órgano del cuerpo

Portuguese

  • burocracia
  • o governo

French

  • fonctionnaire
  • gouvernemental
364 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
465 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
441 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
225 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1295 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
318 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
462 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
672 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
326 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
326 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
540 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
469 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2766 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1417 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1912 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1279 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7107 Morohashi
2226 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1322 New Nelson (John Haig)
1271 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1363 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
202 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
498 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
777 2001 Kanji
3m5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
3077.7 Four corner code
1-20-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b98 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 吏 【リ】 government official, public official
  • 吏員 【リイン】 official
  • 官吏 【カンリ】 government official, public servant, civil servant
  • 刑吏 【ケイリ】 executioner

Readings

Japanese names:
さと、 し
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li4
Korean:
ri

Spanish

  • oficial del gobierno
  • funcionario

Portuguese

  • oficial
  • um oficial

French

  • fonctionnaire
  • préposé
1894 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1911 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
183 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1684 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1126 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
329 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1007 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1044 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1883 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
321 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4351 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2201 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2963 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
700 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3299 Morohashi
3536 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
706 New Nelson (John Haig)
693 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
748 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1067 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1566 2001 Kanji
0a6.22 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-4 SKIP code
5004.6 Four corner code
5000.6 Four corner code
1-45-89 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
540f Unicode hex code