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くぁんにん・くゎんにん【官人】

kwannin

Pronunciation: [kʷan̩niŋ̍]

Definition

Noun

  1. Public servant; civil servant; government official

Etymology

Cognate to the now-archaic standard Japanese word かんにん【官人】 kannin "public servant; civil servant; government official". Historically written as くわんにん kuwannin (kwannin).

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OrthographyForm
Kanji官人
Kanaくぁんにん
くゎんにん
New Okinawa Moji彩んにん
Romanizationkwannin
Pronunciation (IPA)[kʷan̩niŋ̍]

意味:かんにん【官人】、かんり【官吏】、やくにん【役人】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2014, November 25). くぁんにん・くゎんにん【官人】 : kwannin | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 14, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3558/kwannin/.