Kanji
N3 8 strokes Grade 4 freq #230

bureaucrat, the government, organ

On'yomi (音読み)

Radical (部首)

roof ukanmuri

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

secretary (government); director
official residence (e.g. of the prime minister)
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan)
bureaucrat; government official
vice-minister; undersecretary
high official
commandant; commanding officer
permanent vice-president; undersecretary
government secretariat
Secretary of State

Example sentences

The governor invested him with full authority.

In fact, this is a major means of bureaucratic control.

The bureaucrats maintain solid ties with the gigantic corporations.

The undersecretary was maintained in office by the political bosses.