宦

huàn

h+uàn·4th tone

imperial official · court eunuch

Radical: 宀 Strokes: 9

Structure: Top small, bottom largeFrequency: Less common

Same radical

家安定客官实密室寒容守宝

Same radical

家安定客官实密室寒容守宝宿宫宁

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Character Decomposition

宦=宀+臣

Etymology

A minister 臣 in a statehouse 宀

Meanings

imperial official

court eunuch

huàn

surname Huan

Huàn

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Words with 宦 93 total

officialdom · bureaucracy宦海huàn hǎi family of officials · family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China)宦门huàn mén horse guard · imperial cavalry guard (of officials or eunuchs)宦骑huàn qí

Idioms with 宦 3 total Chain

lit. raging sea of bureaucracy · officials causing a big fuss宦海风波huàn hǎi fēng bō