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Chinese symbol for “officer”

军官
jūn guān
Traditional: 軍官
officer (military)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for officer is 军官 (jūn guān), defined as: officer (military).

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Characters and stroke order

军 jūn
army, military; soldiers, troops
radical 14 ⼍ · 6 strokes
官 guān
official, public servant
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “officer”

WordPinyinMeaning
干部 (幹部)gàn bùcadre; official
统领 (統領)tǒng lǐngto lead; to command

Related words

Other words that share a character with 军官.

WordPinyinMeaning
军队 (軍隊)jūn duìarmed forces; troops; measure word: 支 (zhī)
军事 (軍事)jūn shìmilitary affairs; (attributive) military
冠军 (冠軍)guàn jūnchampion
将军 (將軍)jiāng jūngeneral; high-ranking military officer
海军 (海軍)hǎi jūnnavy
军人 (軍人)jūn rénserviceman; soldier
官方guān fānggovernment; official (approved or issued by an authority)
官员 (官員)guān yuánofficial (in an organization or government); administrator

See also: Japanese symbol for “officer”.

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.