Where does “裁判官” come from?

裁判官 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 官, from Middle Chinese かん.

裁判官 (Japanese): judge

Definitions

  1. judge

Ancestry of “裁判官”, step by step

裁判官 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 官

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese官government office; authority; government...
2Middle Chineseかん—

via Japanese 裁判

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese裁判trial; court
Every word from Middle Chinese かん →Every word from Japanese 官 →