官家

Chinese

official; government; organ of body
 
home; family; ‑ist
home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad.
(官家)
anagram 家官

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (28)
Final () (62) (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I II
Fanqie
Baxter kwan kae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuɑn/ /kˠa/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷɑn/ /kᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuɑn/ /ka/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwan/ /kaɨ/
Li
Rong
/kuɑn/ /ka/
Wang
Li
/kuɑn/ /ka/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kuɑn/ /ka/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guān jiā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gun1 gaa1

Noun

官家

  1. (archaic) emperor; king; prince; lord
  2. (archaic) government
  3. (archaic) official; functionary

Synonyms

  • (emperor):

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (官家):
  • Japanese: 官家(かんけ) (kanke); 官家(かんか) (kanka)
  • Vietnamese: quan gia (官家)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 4

Grade: 2
goon

/kwan ke//kʷaŋke//kaŋke/

From Middle Chinese 官家 (MC kwan kae).

The 呉音 (goon, literally Wu sound) reading, so likely the early borrowing from Middle Chinese.

Pronunciation

Noun

(かん)() • (kanke) くわんけ (kwanke)?

  1. (archaic) an emperor
  2. (archaic, by extension) the imperial court
  3. (archaic, by extension) a government
  4. (archaic) a governor
  5. (archaic) a high-ranking official, nobleman
See also

Adjective

(かん)() • (kanke) くわんけ (kwanke)?-na (adnominal (かん)() (kanke na), adverbial (かん)() (kanke ni))

  1. (archaic) high-ranking, noble
Inflection

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 4

Grade: 2
kan’on

/kwan ka//kʷaŋka//kaŋka/

From Middle Chinese 官家 (MC kwan kae).

The 漢音 (kan'on, literally Han sound) reading, so likely a later borrowing from Middle Chinese.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んか [káꜜǹkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [kã̠ŋka̠]

Noun

(かん)() • (kanka) くわんか (kwanka)?

  1. (rare) Same as かんけ (kanke) ahove

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese

Etymology

From 屯倉 (mi1yake2).

Noun

官家 (mi1yake2) (kana みやけ)

  1. territory in the Korean peninsula owned by the Yamato imperial court from the late-4th century to the mid-6th century

Derived terms

  • 内つ官家 (uti tu mi1yake2)
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