Word Meaning 神祇官

じんぎかん jingikan

神祇官 is read as じんぎかん (jingikan) and means Department of Divinities (1868-1871).

Meaning

English

Department of Divinities (1868-1871)
Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system)

Reading

Kana

じんぎかん

Romaji

jingikan

Writing Variants

神祇官 かみづかさ kamizukasa
神祇官 かんづかさ kanzukasa

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Rank 165154 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

神官

しんかん

Shinto priest

神祇院

じんぎいん

Institute of Divinities (1940-1946)

神祇

じんぎ

gods of heaven and earth

神祇伯

じんぎはく

head of the Department of Worship

神祇省

じんぎしょう

Ministry of Divinities (1871-1872)

天神地祇

てんしんちぎ

gods of heaven and earth

神道

しんとう

Shinto

神風

かみかぜ

divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)

神事

しんじ

Shinto ritual

神業

かみわざ

Shinto ritual

神木

しんぼく

sacred tree

神髄

しんずい

essence

Example Sentences

神祇官は祭祀を司っていた。

じんぎかんはさいしをつかさどっていた。

The Department of Divinities was in charge of religious rituals.