士官

Reading

Kana: しかん

Romaji: shikan

Definition

noun

1

officer

(Military)

Kanji

士

Readings: シ、 さむらい

Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

官

Reading: カン

Meanings: bureaucrat, the government, organ

Example Sentences

彼(かれ)は陸軍(りくぐん)士官(しかん)だ。

➥He is an army officer.

彼(かれ)は海軍(かいぐん)士官(しかん)の任務(にんむ)を受(う)けた。

➥He has received a commission as a naval officer.