# 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: [da̠iʑo̞ːkã̠ɴ]

#### Proper noun

太(だい)政(じょう)官(かん) • (Daijō-kan)
* (government, historical) the highest governing body under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system between the Nara and Edo periods
* (government, historical, colloquial) Same as だじょうかん (Dajō-kan) below

##### 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: [da̠ʑo̞ːkã̠ɴ]

#### Proper noun

太(だ)政(じょう)官(かん) • (Dajō-kan)
* (government, historical) the highest governing body of Imperial Japan in the early Meiji period
* (government, historical, colloquial) Same as だじょうかん (Daijō-kan) above

##### 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 | kun'yomi |
Shift from Old Japanese 太政官 (Opoki$_1$maturigo$_2$to$_2$ no$_2$ 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)
* (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)
* (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”

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Old Japanese
### Etymology

From 大き (opoki$_1$, the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of adjective 大し (oposi), “great”) +‎ 政 (maturigo$_2$to$_2$, “government, rule”) +‎ の (no$_2$, possessive particle) +‎ 官 (tukasa, “government office”).

### Proper noun

太政官 (Opoki$_1$maturigo$_2$to$_2$ no$_2$ Tukasa) (kana おほきまつりごとのつかさ)
* 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)