What is the Kanji for "Colleague" and "Official"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Colleague" and "Official", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Colleague" and "Official" is "僚".

This kanji has 1 reading:

Its onyomi reading is "Ryou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "亻" means "Person" . And The component "尞" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "僚" mean in japanese?

"僚" means "Colleague" and "Official".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Senior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

官僚: "Bureaucrat". The Japanese noun '官僚 (かんりょう)' refers to a government official or civil servant who is part of a bureaucracy. Bureaucrats are known for adhering strictly to rules and regulations, and for being slow to implement changes. They are often criticized for being overly rigid and resistant to new ideas. For example: The bureaucrats are preventing progress - (官僚が前進を阻んでいる). He works as a bureaucrat in the government - (彼は政府の官僚として働いている).

同僚: "Colleague". The Japanese noun '同僚 (どうりょう)' refers to a colleague or co-worker. It is used to describe someone who works at the same organization or company as oneself. This word connotes a sense of mutual understanding and cooperation between people who share a workplace. Example sentences: He is my colleague - (彼は私の同僚です). I get along well with my colleagues - (私は同僚とうまく付き合えています).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "り" is read as "ri". And The hiragana "う" is read as "u".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.