官
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government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 宀 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 官
- Common rank
- #314
- Unicode
- U+5B98
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Formation & memory
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How 官 is formed
Components 宀 㠯
How to remember it
bureaucrat · Heisig RSH #1041
maestro + a drop of + house
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 官
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 空心大老官 | fake important personage; sham | |
| 人体器官 | human organ | |
| 大法官 | grand justice; high court justice; supreme court justice | |
| 性器官 | sexual organ | |
| 发音器官 | vocal organs; vocal cords | |
| 地方官 | local official | |
| 公安官员 | public safety officials | |
| 官子 | endgame (in go) | |
| 县官 | district magistrate; county magistrate | |
| 官学 | school or academic institution (old) | |
| 官方语言 | official language | |
| 发声器官 | vocal organs; vocal cords | |
| 行政长官 | chief executive; magistrate | |
| 小官 | petty official; minor functionary | |
| 官家 | emperor; government; official | |
| 西南官话 | Southwestern Mandarin, dialect group of Mandarin spoken primarily in southwestern China | |
| 上官 | two-character surname Shangguan | |
| 上官 | high-ranking official; superior | |
| 高官 | high official | |
| 长官 | senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; CL:位[wei4]; sir (term of address for … |
Sound family
These characters use 官 as their sound component — compare how they read.