also: かんじん · つかさびと
government official; public servant
Archaic term for a government official, especially of low to medium rank. Not used in modern Japanese; replaced by words like 公務員 or 官僚.
In the Heian period, government officials were assigned duties according to their rank.
This ancient document records the names of low-ranking officials.
Standard kanji form for the most common reading.
Alternate reading; less common than かんにん.
Archaic reading; rarely encountered.
Compound of 官 (government) and 人 (person). The exact historical derivation of the readings is uncertain; かんにん is the most common reading.