Meanings
Noun
Historical
1. Protectorate General (Han and Tang-period Chinese office)
Kanji used
metropolis
keep safe
central office
Pitch accent
Composed of
Protector General (Tang-period Chinese official); travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara and Heian-period position)
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
Protectorate General of Annam; Han-period Chinese office established in Hanoi in 622 CE
Protectorate General of the Central Asian Nomadic Lands; Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 650 CE
Protectorate General of the Western Regions; Han-period Chinese office established in East Turkestan in 60 BCE