| 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) |
bureaucrat, the government, organ
- On:
- カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
230 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- Korean:
- gwan
Spanish
- gobierno
- gubernamental (lugar
- persona)
- órgano del cuerpo
Portuguese
- burocracia
- o governo
French
- fonctionnaire
- gouvernemental
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1932 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 奴隷 【ドレイ】 slave, servant, slavery
- 奴智鮫 【ドチザメ】 banded houndshark (Triakis scyllium, found in the northwest Pacific from southern Siberia to Taiwan)
- 売国奴 【バイコクド】 traitor (to one's country), quisling
- 農奴 【ノウド】 serf
Kun reading compounds
- 奴 【やつ】 fellow, guy, chap, thing, object, he, she, him, her
- 臣 【やつこ】 slave, retainer, servant, captive, varlet, I, me
- 懲りない奴 【こりないやつ】 person (generally male) who won't learn their lesson, persistent jerk
- 何奴 【どいつ】 who
- 奴 【やっこ】 servant (esp. a samurai's attendant), chivalrous man (Edo period), cubed tofu (often served cold), kite shaped like an Edo-period footman, Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants, enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime), he, she, him, her
- 奴頭 【やっこあたま】 Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants
- 輪抜奴 【わぬけやっこ】 bluering angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis)
- 三下奴 【さんしたやっこ】 petty underling, small fry
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぬ
- Korean:
- no
Spanish
- esclavo
- criado
- siervo
- individuo
- desprecio
- insulto
Portuguese
- serva
- escrava
- dama de companhia
French
- mec
- type
- esclave
- valet
- suffixe insultant
| 1638 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1891 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1186 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1869 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 256 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1933 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2118 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1871 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 431 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 217 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 136 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 164 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 709 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6039 | Morohashi |
| 187 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1174 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 702 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 758 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1045 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1767 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3e2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 4744.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5974 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 婢 【ヒ】 female slave, female servant, housemaid
- 少婢 【ショウヒ】 young female servant
- 老婢 【ロウヒ】 old housemaid, old female servant
Kun reading compounds
- 端女 【はしため】 female servant
Readings
- Korean:
- bi
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 1232 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 6428 | Morohashi |
| 1238 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2196 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2309 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3e8.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 4644.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-53-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5a62 | Unicode hex code |