官

• 拼音: guān
• 汉字拆解: 官 = 宀 (roof) + 㠯 (ancient form) — a person under a roof, symbolising an official in a government building

含义

Official; officer; a person holding a government or public position. Used both as a standalone word and as a component in many compound words.

Appears in numerous compounds: 官员 (official), 军官 (military officer), 法官 (judge), 器官 (organ). Can also refer to the concept of officialdom or bureaucracy. In modern Chinese, it is rarely used alone but is very productive as a word-forming element.

例句

1. 他的父亲是一位军官，在部队工作了三十年。
2. 法官宣布了最终的判决结果。
3. 古代的官都要通过考试才能当上。

用法指南

语境: government, law, military

语气: formal

正确说法

• 她是一名外交官。(She is a diplomat.)
• 这位法官非常公正。(This judge is very fair.)

错误说法

• 他是一个大官人 (Don't use 官人 in modern Chinese to mean 'official' — it sounds archaic; use 官员 instead)

起源与历史

An ancient character originally depicting a building (宀, roof) sheltering people, representing a government office and by extension the person who works there.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal