官奴司

Japanese

Kanji in this term
官 奴 司
かん
Grade: 4 		ぬ
Grade: S 		し
Grade: 4
on'yomi goon on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 官奴 (kannu, “indentured servant or slave belonging to the imperial household”) +‎ 司 (-shi, “office in charge of something”).[1][2][3][4]

First cited to a text from 718.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kã̠nːɯ̟ɕi]

Noun

官(かん)奴(ぬ)司(し) • (kannushi) ←くわんぬし (kwannusi)?

  1. [from 718] (historical) during the Ritsuryō system, the government office or officer in charge of family registration, agricultural land management, and taxes for the indentured servants and slaves of the imperial household

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “官奴司”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “官奴司”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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