長官

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)
simp. (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
ちょう
Grade: 2
かん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːkã̠ɴ]

Noun

(ちょう)(かん) • (chōkan) 

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2 Grade: 4
jukujikun

From (かみ) (kami, upper, person above).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka̠mʲi]

Noun

長官(かみ) • (kami) 

  1. Same as chōkan above.

Etymology 3

Shift from kami.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kã̠ɴ]

Noun

長官(かん) • (kan) 

  1. Same as kami above.

Etymology 4

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ko̞ː]

Noun

長官(こう) • () 

  1. Same as kami above.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

長官 • (janggwan) (hangeul 장관)

  1. Hanja form? of 장관.
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