Entry
  1. Noun

    lower government office (ritsuryō system)

  2. servant of a higher ranking person (during the middle ages); retainer

  3. servant of an urban family

  4. serf

    see 被官百姓

Also written 被管【ひかん】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

incur, cover, veil, brood over, shelter, wear, put on, be exposed (film), receiving

Kun
こうむ.るおお.うかぶ.るかぶ.せる
On
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
431 of 2500
Radical
clothes
WaniKani
Level 20

Built from

Used in names as

ぎぬ

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-5-5SKIP code
5e5.3The Kanji Dictionary
3424.7Four corner code
667deroo
88abUnicode hex code
1-40-79JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4225Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5445New Nelson (John Haig)
1163New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1495Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
790Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1077Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
807Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
870Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
852A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1410Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34222Morohashi
1729A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
976Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1009Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
881Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1390Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1145Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1631Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
815Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bei4, pi1Pinyin reading
piKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
20WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bureaucrat, the government, organ

On
カン
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
230 of 2500
Radical
roof
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-5SKIP code
3m5.6The Kanji Dictionary
3077.7Four corner code
777deroo
5b98Unicode hex code
1-20-17JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1295Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1322New Nelson (John Haig)
2226New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2766Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1417Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1912Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1271Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1363Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
225A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
672Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
318Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7107Morohashi
441A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
326Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
326Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
364sakade
462Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
465henshall3
498Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
202crowley
540Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
469Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1279Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
guan1Pinyin reading
gwanKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level