判はん官がん

also: ほうがん · じょう · ぞう

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Meanings

noun

judge; magistrate

Only with reading はんがん

Modern term for a judicial officer who presides over court proceedings. Reading is はんがん.

判はん官がんは証しょう拠こを慎しん重ちょうに検けん討とうした。
The judge carefully examined the evidence.
彼かれは地ち方ほう裁さい判ばん所しょの判はん官がんに任にん命めいされた。
He was appointed as a judge of the district court.

noun

third-grade official (ritsuryō system); assistant district officer; inspector

archaic

Historical term from the ritsuryō legal system; refers to a specific rank of official. Archaic in modern usage. Readings じょう and ぞう are archaic; はんがん and ほうがん may also appear in historical texts.

Kanji

判judgement, judgment, signature
官bureaucrat, the government, organ

Related words

裁さい判ばん官かん
More common modern word for 'judge'; 判官 is a formal or historical term.
尉じょう
Related ritsuryō official rank; 判官 read as じょう is the same rank.

Written forms

判官Usage68%
- はんがん
  Standard kanji form; reading はんがん is the most common modern reading.
- ほうがん
  Alternate reading, less common; sometimes encountered in historical contexts.
- じょう
  Archaic reading used in the ritsuryō system; see cross-reference to 尉.
- ぞう
  Archaic reading used in the ritsuryō system.
じょうUsage32%
ぞう
ほうがん

Etymology

From Chinese 判官 (pànguān), originally a Tang dynasty official title. Adopted into Japanese with the ritsuryō system, later extended to mean 'judge' in modern legal contexts.