公安

Chinese
 
just; honorable; public
just; honorable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 
content; calm; still
content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (公安) 公 安
simp. #(公安) 公 安

Pronunciation

Noun

公安

  1. public security; police (in mainland China)
  2. public security officer; police officer

Usage notes

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (公安):
  • → Japanese: 公安(こうあん) (kōan)
  • → Korean: 공안(公安) (gong'an)
  • → Vietnamese: công an (公安)

Others:

Proper noun

公安

  1. (～縣) Gong'an (a county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China)
  2. (～鎮) Gong'an (a town in Zhongshan, Hezhou, Guangxi, China)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
公 安
こう
Grade: 2		 あん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

公(こう)安(あん) • (kōan) 

  1. public safety
  2. police officers responsible for matters of national security and counter-intelligence.

Proper noun

公(こう)安(あん) • (Kōan) 

  1. Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau

Korean
Hanja in this term
公安

Noun

公安 • (gong'an) (hangeul 공안)

  1. Hanja form? of 공안 (“PRC police; public safety”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
公安

Noun

公安

  1. chữ Hán form of công an (“public security”).
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