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Chinese symbol for “sheriff”

郡治安官
jùn zhì ān guān
sheriff

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sheriff is 郡治安官 (jùn zhì ān guān), defined as: sheriff.

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Characters and stroke order

郡 jùn
county, region, administrative division
radical 163 ⾢ · 9 strokes
治 zhì
to administer, to govern, to regulate
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes
安 ān
peaceful, tranquil, quiet
radical 40 ⼧ · 6 strokes
官 guān
official, public servant
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 郡治安官.

WordPinyinMeaning
郡守jùn shǒusenior provincial official in imperial China
郡治jùn zhìseat of the principal county magistrate in imperial China
郡望jùn wàngchoronym (a family's region of origin, used as an indicator of superior social status in a surname-choronym combination) (For example, the T
郡会 (郡會)jùn huìcounty capital
非都会郡 (非都會郡)fēi dū huì jùnnon-metropolitan county (England)
政治zhèng zhìpolitics; political
治疗 (治療)zhì liáoto treat (an illness); medical treatment
统治 (統治)tǒng zhìto rule (a country); to govern
安全ān quánsafe; secure; safety; security
官方guān fānggovernment; official (approved or issued by an authority)

See also: Japanese symbol for “sheriff”.

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.