# 官 — official; bureaucrat

官 means “official; bureaucrat”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 8 strokes. On'yomi: カン (kan). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: official; bureaucrat
- On'yomi: カン (kan)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 8
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Government 2

## How to remember 官

Parts: 宀 roof · 口 mouth; box

## Don't confuse it with

[串](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/skewer/) · [追](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/chase/) · [客](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/guest/) · [沖](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/open-sea/)

## More in the “Government 2” set

[権](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/authority/) · [府](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/government-office/) · [委](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/entrust/) · [官](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/official/) · [省](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/ministry/)

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