按察使

Chinese

to inspect; to investigate; short for.
to make; to cause; to enable
to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
 
trad. (按察使) 按察 使
simp. #(按察使) 按察 使

Pronunciation

Noun

按察使

  1. (historical) the position of the head of 按察使司 (àncháshǐsī).

See also

臬臺／臬台 (niètái)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
按 察 使
あぜち
Jinmeiyō Grade: 4 Grade: 3
irregular
Alternative spelling
按察

/anseti/ → /anzeti/, /aⁿzeti/ → /azet͜ɕi/

A shift from the 呉(ご)音(おん) (goon, “Goon reading”, literally “Wu sound”) reading of the characters 按察. Even when the suffix 使(し) (-shi, “messenger; envoy”) was added, it remained unpronounced, with the spellings 按察使 and 按察 being mixed arbitrarily even within the same text.[1]

Noun

按察使(あぜち) • (azechi) 

  1. (historical) a government position during the Nara period
  2. (historical) a government position during the Meiji period

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
按 察 使
あん
Jinmeiyō 		さつ
Grade: 4 		し
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Utilizes the later 漢(かん)音(おん) (kan'on, “Kan'on reading”, literally “Han sound”) of the character 察, so likely a later re-reading or reborrowing of the above term.

Noun

按(あん)察(さつ)使(し) • (ansatsushi) 

  1. (historical) a government position of ancient China.

References

  1. ^ “按察使”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
按察使

Noun

按察使

  1. chữ Hán form of án sát sứ (“(historical) the position of the head of án sát sứ ty”)
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