宦
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imperial official; court eunuch
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 宀 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 宦
- Common rank
- #3,039
- Unicode
- U+5BA6
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Words with 宦
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宦海风波 | lit. raging sea of bureaucracy; officials causing a big fuss | |
| 官宦人家 | family of a functionary (i.e. educated middle class in Qing times) | |
| 宦海 | officialdom; bureaucracy | |
| 宦门 | family of officials; family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes i… | |
| 官宦 | functionary; official | |
| 宦官 | court eunuch | |
| 显宦 | high official | |
| 宦骑 | horse guard; imperial cavalry guard (of officials or eunuchs) | |
| 羁宦 | (literary) to serve as a government official far from one's native place | |
| 仕宦 | (literary) to serve as an official |