副ふく官かん

also: ふっかん

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Meanings

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adjutant; aide-de-camp

Military term for an officer who assists a senior commander with administrative and staff duties.

彼かれは大たい佐さの副ふく官かんとして司し令れい部ぶで働はたらいている。
He works at headquarters as the colonel's adjutant.
副ふく官かんは作さく戦せん会かい議ぎの準じゅん備びを整ととのえた。
The aide-de-camp prepared the operational meeting.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉の副ふく官かんを務つとめるto serve as someone's adjutant
彼かれは将しょう軍ぐんの副ふく官かんを務つとめている。
He serves as the general's adjutant.
副ふく官かんに任にん命めいするto appoint someone as adjutant
大たい尉いが新あたらしい副ふく官かんに任にん命めいされた。
The captain was appointed as the new adjutant.

Kanji

副vice-, assistant, aide
官bureaucrat, the government, organ

Related words

参さん謀ぼう
参謀 refers to a staff officer who plans strategy and tactics, while 副官 is a personal aide handling a commander's administrative and staff duties.
秘ひ書しょN3
秘書 is a civilian secretary who assists an executive, whereas 副官 is the military equivalent attending a commanding officer.

Don't confuse with

士し官かん
士官 just means a commissioned officer in general, while 副官 specifically denotes an officer serving as a commander's personal aide.

Written forms

副官Usage100%
- ふくかん
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading ふくかん is the most common.
- ふっかん
  Alternate reading ふっかん is less common and may be considered non-standard by some speakers.
ふっかん

Etymology

Compound of 副 (vice-, assistant) and 官 (official, officer). The reading ふっかん is a euphonic change from ふくかん.