also: くげ · こうかい
Historical term for a government office or public building in pre-modern Japan. Not used in modern Japanese; encountered only in historical texts.
In old documents, the word 公廨 is used to refer to a government office.
land granted to high-ranking officials (ritsuryō system); land for government office expenses
Archaic kanji spelling for a historical government office. The reading くがい is the most common for this form.
Alternate reading for the same archaic term.
Sino-Japanese reading, less common.
The term is of Chinese origin, composed of 公 (public) and 廨 (office). It was used historically in Japan to denote government offices, but has fallen out of use in modern Japanese.