官家

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Chinese

official; government; organ of body
 
home; family; ‑ist
home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad.
(官家)
anagram 家官

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (28)
Final () (62) (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I II
Fanqie
Baxter kwan kae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuɑn/ /kˠa/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷɑn/ /kᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuɑn/ /ka/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwan/ /kaɨ/
Li
Rong
/kuɑn/ /ka/
Wang
Li
/kuɑn/ /ka/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kuɑn/ /ka/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guān jiā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gun1 gaa1

Noun

官家

  1. (archaic) emperor; king; prince; lord
  2. (archaic) government
  3. (archaic) official; functionary

Synonyms

  • (emperor):

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (官家):

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 4

Grade: 2
goon

/kwan ke//kʷaŋke//kaŋke/

From Middle Chinese 官家 (MC kwan kae).

The 呉音 (goon, literally Wu sound) reading, so likely the early borrowing from Middle Chinese.

Pronunciation

Noun

(かん)() (kankeくわんけ (kwanke)?

  1. (archaic) an emperor
  2. (archaic, by extension) the imperial court
  3. (archaic, by extension) a government
  4. (archaic) a governor
  5. (archaic) a high-ranking official, nobleman
See also

Adjective

(かん)() (kankeくわんけ (kwanke)?-na (adnominal (かん)() (kanke na), adverbial (かん)() (kanke ni))

  1. (archaic) high-ranking, noble
Inflection

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 4

Grade: 2
kan’on

/kwan ka//kʷaŋka//kaŋka/

From Middle Chinese 官家 (MC kwan kae).

The 漢音 (kan'on, literally Han sound) reading, so likely a later borrowing from Middle Chinese.

Pronunciation

Noun

(かん)() (kankaくわんか (kwanka)?

  1. (rare) Same as かんけ (kanke) ahove

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese

Etymology

From 屯倉 (mi1yake2).

Noun

官家 (mi1yake2) (kana みやけ)

  1. territory in the Korean peninsula owned by the Yamato imperial court from the late-4th century to the mid-6th century

Derived terms