Keyword
bureaucrat
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig1363
Readings
かん
(68%)
がん
(1%)
Composed of
roof with a chimney
guy with a beer belly
Mnemonic

A typical bureaucrat is a guy with a beer belly that sits under a roof with a chimney all day doing paperwork.

Used in kanji (5 in total)
public building
pipe
coffin
sedge (a type of plant)
large building
Used in vocabulary (439 in total)
government service; the bureaucracy
police officer; policeman; policewoman
police officer; policeman; constable
Examples (187 in total)
Are they cops?
Then, at last, the policeman lowered his arm.
There were ten police officers on the spot.