ちょうかん

長官

secretary (government); director; chief

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Noun

secretary (government)•director•chief

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Kanji Breakdown

Example Sentences

長官(ちょうかん)は彼(かれ)に全権を委任した。

The governor invested him with full authority.

Related Kanji

long, leader, superior, senior

チョウ / なが.い

bureaucrat, the government, organ

カン / —

Other Readings

This kanji can also be read as:

かみdirector (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryō system); chief