判官

判官

1. (historical) magistrate (clarification of this definition is needed)
2. (regional) judge
3. (Chinese mythology) official who assists Yama in the underworld

Literary Chinese 判官 (pànguān).

• (Tokyo) は​んがん [háꜜǹgàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [hã̠ŋɡã̠ɴ]

判(はん)官(がん) • (hangan) 

1. (historical, in feudal China, government, law) a judge or magistrate
2. (uncommon, government, law) Synonym of 裁判官 (saibankan, “judge; justice”)

はんがん → はうがん → ほうがん

Minamoto no Yoshitsune was a 尉 (jō, see 判官 (jō)) at a 検非違使 (Kebiishi, “Judicial Department”).

• (Tokyo) ほ​ーがん [hóꜜògàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːɡã̠ɴ]

判(ほう)官(がん) • (hōgan) 

1. Synonym of 判官 (jō)

判(ほう)官(がん) • (Hōgan) 

1. Synonym of 源義経 (Minamoto no Yoshitsune)

From the on-reading of 丞 (jō, literally “help; assistant”), one of the many department/agency-specific spellings of 判官 itself, in this case specific to a 省 (shō, “ministry”). The alternative reading, ぞう, is a result of depalatalization which is not uncommon.

じょう → ぞう

• 祐 (神祇官 (Jingikan, “Department of Gods”))
• 丞 (省 (shō, “ministries”))
• 進 (職 (shiki))
• 允 (寮 (ryō))
• 佑 (司 (shi))
• 尉 (兵衛府 (Hyōefu) and 衛門府 (Emonfu))
• 掾 (国司 (kokushi, “governor's offices”))

判官(じょう) or 判官(ぞう) • (jō or zō) 

1. (historical, government) the third rank among the 四等官 (Shitōkan, “Four Ranks”), a system ranking and entitling officials under the 律令 (Ritsuryō); this is the most generic spelling; for each department and agency, a specific spelling and alternative readings of that spelling might be preferred

   Coordinate terms: 長官 (kami), 主典 (sakan), 次官 (suke)

政 (matsurigoto, “governance”) +‎ 人 (-bito, “person”). The hito reading for 人 changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

判官(まつりごとびと) • (matsurigotobito) 

1. Synonym of 判官 (jō)