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官
Guān
1. surname Guan
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 8 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

官
guān
official, public servant
HSK 5 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

上官
Shàngguān
two-character surname Shangguan
上官
shàngguān
high-ranking official
丢官
diūguān
(of an official) to lose one's job
五官
wǔguān
five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears [[鼻目口舌耳]])
做官
zuòguān
to take an official post
冗官
rǒngguān
redundant officials
出官
chūguān
to leave the capital for an official post
判官
pànguān
magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties)
加官
jiāguān
promotion
升官
shēngguān
to get promoted
史官
shǐguān
scribe
器官
qìguān
organ (part of body tissue)
HSK 6
报官
bàoguān
to report a case to the authorities (old)
士官
shìguān
warrant officer
奸官
jiānguān
a treacherous official
官位
guānwèi
official post
官俸
guānfèng
salaries of government officials
官倒
guāndǎo
speculation by officials
官僚
guānliáo
bureaucrat
官价
guānjià
official price

Alternate Entries

官
guān
official / government / organ of body / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
431
Word Frequency Rank
265 of 84,292

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