JLPT N5 · Noun

警官 (keikan)

警官 (けいかん, keikan) is a Japanese noun meaning “police officer; policeman”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: けいかん
Romaji: keikan
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

police officer; policeman; constable · noun

Example sentences

２０人の警官が現場に現れた。

Twenty police have arrived on the scene.

Tatoeba #235580

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 警官

警

admonish, commandmentケイ・いまし.める · 19 strokes

官

bureaucrat, the government, organカン · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 警官.

警察けいさつpolice警告けいこくwarning警備けいびdefense警戒けいかいvigilance警部けいぶpolice inspector官僚かんりょうbureaucrat器官きかんorgan官庁かんちょうgovernment office長官ちょうかんsecretary (government)

Source: JMdict entry 1252330 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.