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判官

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Chinese

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to judge; to sentence; to discriminate
to judge; to sentence; to discriminate; to discern
 
official; government; organ of body
simp. and trad.
(判官)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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判官

  1. (historical) magistrate (clarification of this definition is needed)
  2. (regional) judge
  3. (Chinese mythology) official who assists Yama in the underworld

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
はん
Grade: 5
かん > がん
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Literary Chinese 判官 (pànguān).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(はん)(がん) (hangan

  1. (historical, in feudal China, government, law) a judge or magistrate
  2. (uncommon, government, law) Synonym of 裁判官 (saibankan, judge; justice)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
はん > ほう
Grade: 5
かん > がん
Grade: 4
irregular on'yomi

はんがん → はうがん → ほうがん

Minamoto no Yoshitsune was a (, see 判官 ()) at a 検非違使 (Kebiishi, Judicial Department).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ほう)(がん) (hōgan

  1. Synonym of 判官 ()

Proper noun

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(ほう)(がん) (Hōgan

  1. Synonym of 源義経 (Minamoto no Yoshitsune)

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
ぞう
Grade: 5 Grade: 4
jukujikun
Kanji in this term
じょう
Grade: 5 Grade: 4
jukujikun

From the on-reading of (, literally help; assistant), one of the many department/agency-specific spellings of 判官 itself, in this case specific to a (shō, ministry). The alternative reading, ぞう, is a result of depalatalization which is not uncommon.

じょう → ぞう

Alternative forms

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Noun

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判官(じょう) or 判官(ぞう) ( or

  1. (historical, government) the third rank among the 四等官 (Shitōkan, Four Ranks), a system ranking and entitling officials under the 律令 (Ritsuryō); this is the most generic spelling; for each department and agency, a specific spelling and alternative readings of that spelling might be preferred
    Coordinate terms: 長官 (kami), 次官 (suke), 判官 (), 主典 (sakan)

Etymology 4

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Kanji in this term
まつりごとびと
Grade: 5 Grade: 4
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
政人

(matsurigoto, governance) +‎ (-bito, person). The hito reading for changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

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判官(まつりごとびと) (matsurigotobito

  1. Synonym of 判官 ()