縣官

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Chinese

a district; county official; government; organ of body
trad. (縣官)
simp. (县官)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial () (33) (28)
Final () (86) (62)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () IV I
Fanqie
Baxter hwenH kwan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦwenH/ /kuɑn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷenH/ /kʷɑn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɛnH/ /kuɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwɛnH/ /kwan/
Li
Rong
/ɣuenH/ /kuɑn/
Wang
Li
/ɣiwenH/ /kuɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣiwenH/ /kuɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xuàn guān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyun6 gun1

Noun

縣官

  1. (dated) government official that administers a county, usually the head of a county
  2. (historical) imperial government; imperial court
  3. (historical, obsolete) emperor; Son of Heaven