# 官 — Government

Frequency rank 406 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 護 (Defend), less common than 達 (Attain).

- On’yomi: かん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 宀 Roof (Kangxi 40)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

Under a roof (宀), a bear (㠯) serves — the bear in the government house is the loyal official working for the government.

In words:

- 警官 けいかん — policeman
- 官庁 かんちょう — government office,authorities
- 官僚 かんりょう — bureaucrat;bureaucracy

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