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Reading

Kana: カン
Romaji: kan
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

bureaucrat, the government, organ

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  40
Frequency:  230
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  2-3-5
Korean Reading:  gwan
Chinese Reading:  guan1
Unicode:  5b98
JIS:  3431

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2226
Nelson Index: 1295
New Nelson Index: 1322
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3m5.6
Four Corner Index: 3077.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 441
Gakken Index: 225
Japanese Names Index: 672
Daikanwanjiten Index: 7107
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0962
Remembering the kanji Index: 1271
Kanji Way Index: 202
Kanji Flashcards Index: 462
Kodansha Compact Index: 469
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 465
Kanji in Context Index: 540
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1417
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1912
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1279
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1363
Essential Kanji Index: 318
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2766
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 777
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 364
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 498

Words

(かん)
government service; the bureaucracy
長官 (ちょうかん)
secretary (government); director; chief
官僚 (かんりょう)
bureaucrat; bureaucracy
官位 (かんい)
office and rank; an official rank
警官 (けいかん)
policeman
(つかさ)
office; official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
士官 (しかん)
officer
官報 (かんぽう)
official daily gazette; official telegram
官房 (かんぼう)
government secretariat
裁判官 (さいばんかん)
judge
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