官制

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The spelling is 官制, read かんせい, and it combines 官, meaning government office or official, with 制, meaning system.
• Basic usage: The basic sense of 官制 is an administrative system defining the organization, offices, roles, and relationships within a government.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• An organizational system rather than one office
  • Both examples use the form 官制. It focuses on how government offices and posts are institutionally arranged, not on a single agency or policy.
• An old record and a newly introduced structure
  • 古い資料には当時の官制が詳しく記されている。 — The old records describe the government organization of the time in detail.
  • 新しい官制の導入で役所の構成が変わった。 — The introduction of a new administrative system changed the structure of the offices.