被官

被管

Reading

Kana: ひかん

Romaji: hikan

Definitions

noun

1

lower government office (ritsuryo period)

2

servant of a higher ranking person (during the middle ages); retainer

3

servant of an urban family

4

serf

See also: 被官百姓

Kanji

被

Readings: ヒ、 こうむ.る、 おお.う、 かぶ.る、 かぶ.せる

Meanings: incur, cover, veil, brood over, shelter, wear, put on, be exposed (film), receiving

官

Reading: カン

Meanings: bureaucrat, the government, organ

管

Readings: カン、 くだ

Meanings: pipe, tube, wind instrument, drunken talk, control, jurisdiction