太政官

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
太	政	官
だい Grade: 2	しょう > じょう Grade: 5	かん Grade: 4
kan’yōon	goon	on’yomi

On-reading of Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa below.

Equivalent to 太政 (daijō, originally read ōmatsurigoto (notice the absence of -i in ōi), “imperial government”) +‎ 官 (kan, “government office”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だいじょ​ーかん [dàíjóꜜòkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [da̠iʑo̞ːkã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

太政官(だいじょうかん) • (Daijō-kan)  (historical kana だいじやうくわん)

1. (government, historical) the highest governing body under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system between the Nara and Edo periods
2. (government, historical, colloquial) Same as だじょうかん (Dajō-kan) below

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 太(だい)政(じょう)官(かん)札(さつ) (Daijō-kansatsu)
• 太(だい)政(じょう)官(かん)庁(ちょう) (Daijō-kanchō)
• 太(だい)政(じょう)官(かん)牒(ちょう) (Daijō-kanchō)
• 太(だい)政(じょう)官(かん)日(にっ)誌(し) (Daijō-kan Nisshi)
• 太(だい)政(じょう)官(かん)符(ぷ) (Daijō-kanpu)
• 太(だい)政(じょう)官(かん)布(ふ)告(こく) (Daijō-kan fukoku)
• 知(ち)太(だい)政(じょう)官(かん)事(じ) (chi-daijō-kanji)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
太	政	官
だ Grade: 2	しょう > じょう Grade: 5	かん Grade: 4
kan’yōon	goon	on’yomi

Variant on-reading of Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa below.

Equivalent to 太政 (dajō, originally read ōmatsurigoto (notice the absence of -i in ōi), “imperial government”) +‎ 官 (kan, “government office”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だじょ​ーかん [dàjóꜜòkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [da̠ʑo̞ːkã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

太政官(だじょうかん) • (Dajō-kan)  (historical kana だじやうくわん)

1. (government, historical) the highest governing body of Imperial Japan in the early Meiji period
2. (government, historical, colloquial) Same as だじょうかん (Daijō-kan) above

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 太(だ)政(じょう)官(かん)札(さつ) (Dajō-kansatsu)
• 太(だ)政(じょう)官(かん)制(せい) (Dajō-kansei)
• 太(だい)政(じょう)官(かん)牒(ちょう) (Daijō-kanchō)
• 太(だ)政(じょう)官(かん)日(にっ)誌(し) (Dajō-kan Nisshi)
• 太(だ)政(じょう)官(かん)符(ぷ) (Dajō-kanpu)
• 太(だ)政(じょう)官(かん)布(ふ)告(こく) (Dajō-kan fukoku)
• 知(ち)太(だ)政(じょう)官(かん)事(じ) (chi-dajō-kanji)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
太	政	官
Grade: 2	まつりごと Grade: 5	つかさ Grade: 4
Irregular	kun’yomi

Shift from Old Japanese 太政官 (Opoki₁maturigo₂to₂ no₂ Tukasa).

Equivalent to 大 (ōi-, prefix of superiority) +‎ 政 (matsurigoto, “government”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 官 (tsukasa, “government office”).

The “chancellor” sense extends the meaning from 官 (tsukasa, “government office”) to 司 (tsukasa, “government official”).

Proper noun

太政官(おおいまつりごとのつかさ) • (Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa)  (historical kana おほいまつりごとのつかさ)

1. (government, historical, archaic) the highest governing body under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system between the Nara and Edo periods

Noun

太政官(おおいまつりごとのつかさ) • (ōimatsurigoto no tsukasa)  (historical kana おほいまつりごとのつかさ)

1. (politics, historical, archaic, rare) Synonym of 太政大臣 (ōki ōimōchigimi): the head of the Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa, equivalent to a “grand minister” or “chancellor of the realm”

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Old Japanese

Etymology

From 大き (opoki₁, the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of adjective 大し (oposi), “great”) +‎ 政 (maturigo₂to₂, “government, rule”) +‎ の (no₂, possessive particle) +‎ 官 (tukasa, “government office”).

Proper noun

太政官 (Opoki₁maturigo₂to₂ no₂ Tukasa) (kana おほきまつりごとのつかさ)

1. the highest governing body under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system during and after the Nara period

Descendants

• Japanese: 太政官 (Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa → Da(i)jō-kan)