長官

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See also: 长官

Chinese

long; length; forever
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
 
 official; government; organ of body
trad. (長官) 長 官
simp. (长官) 长 官
anagram 官長／官长

Pronunciation

Noun

長官

  1. (chiefly military) senior official; senior officer; commanding officer
  2. (chiefly Taiwan) sir (term of address for a senior officer, could be in military, civilian, or private sector)

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
長 官
ちょう
Grade: 2 		かん
Grade: 4
on'yomi

By surface analysis, 長 (chō, “chief, leader”) +‎ 官 (kan, “government official”). Either a wasei kango from these on'yomi readings, or from Middle Chinese 長官 (sum-of-parts reading: /ɖɨɐŋ kuɑn/).

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Pronunciation

Noun

長(ちょう)官(かん) • (chōkan) 

  1. secretary, director, head of a section of government

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
長 官
Grade: 2 Grade: 4
jukujikun

From 上(かみ) (kami, “upper, person above”).

Pronunciation

Noun

長官(かみ) • (kami) 

  1. Same as chōkan above.

Etymology 3

Shift from kami.

Pronunciation

Noun

長官(かん) • (kan) 

  1. Same as kami above.

Etymology 4

Shift from kami. Also compare 神(こう)々(ごう)しい (kōgōshii), a shift from kamigamishii, in which the same kami component also shifts to kō.

Pronunciation

Noun

長官(こう) • (kō) 

  1. Same as kami above.

Korean

Hanja in this term
長官

Noun

長官 • (janggwan) (hangeul 장관)

  1. hanja form? of 장관
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