Chinese symbol for “magistrate”
判官
pàn guān
magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties); mythological underworld judge
The closest CC-CEDICT match for magistrate is 判官 (pàn guān), defined as: magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties); mythological underworld judge.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “magistrate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 府尹 | fǔ yǐn | magistrate; prefect |
| 行政长官 (行政長官) | xíng zhèng zhǎng guān | chief executive; magistrate |
| 执政官 (執政官) | zhí zhèng guān | consul (of the Roman Republic); magistrate (chief administrator) |
| 尹 | yǐn | (literary) to administer; to govern; (bound form) governor; prefect; magistrate (official title in imperial times) |
| 审判官 (審判官) | shěn pàn guān | judge; magistrate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 判官.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 审判 (審判) | shěn pàn | a trial; to try sb |
| 判断 (判斷) | pàn duàn | to judge; to determine; judgment |
| 谈判 (談判) | tán pàn | to negotiate; negotiation |
| 批判 | pī pàn | to criticize; critique |
| 判决 (判決) | pàn jué | judgment (by a court of law); to pass judgment on |
| 判处 (判處) | pàn chǔ | to sentence; to condemn |
| 官方 | guān fāng | government; official (approved or issued by an authority) |
| 官员 (官員) | guān yuán | official (in an organization or government); administrator |
See also: Japanese symbol for “magistrate”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.