Today’s #kanji is #官, which is a combined ideograph between #うかんむり（宀）, representing a house/building, and 㠯, to gather. So what does 官 mean then?
Meaning: a government office, a public servant
Reading: カン（ガン）
官位（カンイ）: n. office and rank, an official rank
官営（カンエイ）: n. government management, government operation (↔私営（しえい））
官舎（カンシャ）: n. an official residence
官公庁（カンコウチョウ）: n. government and municipal offices, public agencies
官房（カンボウ）: n. a/the secretariat
官僚（カンリョウ）: n. a government official, a bureaucrat
上官（ジョウカン）: n. a higher officer, a senior official
退官（タイカン）する: vi. to retire from office
長官（チョウカン）: n. a director, a president, a commissioner
任官（ニンカン）する: vi. to be appointed (to an office), to be commissioned
宦官（カンガン）: n. a eunuch, a castrated official
- うかんむり
