Chinese Character Wiki
官

guān

official

Depicts an official person (師) working in a governmental institution (宀).

Components
宀 meaning component

宀  Meaning component

mián

  

roof

師 meaning,remnant component

師  Meaning Remnant component

shī

  

teacher

𠂤 is used here as an abbreviation of 師.

Evolution

官 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
官 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
官 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
官 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
官 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

官  

guān

official, public servant; government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[gè]

官  

Guān

surname Guan

Most common words with 官
Freq.
Word
Meaning

长官

senior official

官员

administrator

法官

judge

官

official

警官

constable

Component uses

Sound component in 9 characters (3 verified)

管 館 馆 棺 倌 绾 涫 菅 逭

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kʷˤa[n]

kwan

guān

official (n.)


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 55.9987% of movies

343rd most common character in movies

432nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+5B98

Shuowen

“官，吏事君也。从宀，从。猶眾也，此與師同意。”


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