Stroke Order
Meaning
Bureaucrat, The Government, Organ
On'yomi (音読み)
かん
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
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Stroke Count
8 strokes

官 in useful words

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長官ちょうかん
secretary (government); director; chief
官邸かんてい
official residence (e.g. of the prime minister)
官僚かんりょう
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
官房長官かんぼうちょうかん
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan)

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