公安 in Chinese / Japanese...

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gōng ān

kou an

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公安 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja title for (The Ministry of) Public Security. 公安 can also generally mean public safety, public security, or public welfare. It is a positive term in Japan, where some even name their daughters “Kouan” (this title).

In China, this is the kinder name for the PSB or Public Security Bureau. It's really the national police of China - occasionally brutal and seldom properly-trained or educated. Once in a while, you find a PSB officer who lives up to the title of 公安. Before the 1989 massacre, it was the PSB officers who refused to stop nor kill any of the protesting college students (so they're not all bad). The Chinese government had to call in soldiers from Inner Mongolia to kill thousands of protesters.

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
公安 see styles	gōng ān gong1 an1 kung an kouan / koan こうあん	More info & calligraphy: Police / Public Security Bureau (Ministry of) Public Security; public safety; public security (1) public peace; public safety; public security; peace and order; (2) (abbreviation) (See 公安警察) security police; (female given name) Kōan
公安官 see styles	kouankan / koankan こうあんかん	公安官 Custom Scroll railway police
公安局 see styles	gōng ān jú gong1 an1 ju2 kung an chü	公安局 Custom Scroll public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station)
公安縣公安县 see styles	gōng ān xiàn gong1 an1 xian4 kung an hsien	公安縣 Custom Scroll Gong'an county in Jingzhou 荊州\|荆州[Jing1 zhou1], Hubei
公安職 see styles	kouanshoku / koanshoku こうあんしょく	公安職 Custom Scroll public security official (e.g. policemen, prison officers)
公安部 see styles	gōng ān bù gong1 an1 bu4 kung an pu kouanbu / koanbu こうあんぶ	公安部 Custom Scroll Ministry of Public Security (1) Public Safety Bureau (of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department); (2) Special Branch (police); (3) Ministry of Public Security (China)
公安官員公安官员 see styles	gōng ān guān yuán gong1 an1 guan1 yuan2 kung an kuan yüan	公安官員 Custom Scroll public safety officials
公安機關公安机关 see styles	gōng ān jī guān gong1 an1 ji1 guan1 kung an chi kuan	公安機關 Custom Scroll public security bureau
公安警察 see styles	kouankeisatsu / koankesatsu こうあんけいさつ	公安警察 Custom Scroll security police
国家公安 see styles	kokkakouan / kokkakoan こっかこうあん	国家公安 Custom Scroll (abbreviation) (See 国家公安委員会) National Public Safety Commission
公安委員会 see styles	kouaniinkai / koaninkai こうあんいいんかい	公安委員会 Custom Scroll public safety commission
公安調査局 see styles	kouanchousakyoku / koanchosakyoku こうあんちょうさきょく	公安調査局 Custom Scroll (org) Public Security Investigation Bureau; (o) Public Security Investigation Bureau
公安調査庁 see styles	kouanchousachou / koanchosacho こうあんちょうさちょう	公安調査庁 Custom Scroll Public Security Intelligence Agency
鉄道公安官 see styles	tetsudoukouankan / tetsudokoankan てつどうこうあんかん	鉄道公安官 Custom Scroll railroad security officer
人民公安部隊 see styles	jinminkouanbutai / jinminkoanbutai じんみんこうあんぶたい	人民公安部隊 Custom Scroll (o) People's Security Organization of Force
鉄道公安職員 see styles	tetsudoukouanshokuin / tetsudokoanshokuin てつどうこうあんしょくいん	鉄道公安職員 Custom Scroll (hist) (See 鉄道公安官) railway police officer (pre-1987)
公安審査委員会 see styles	kouanshinsaiinkai / koanshinsainkai こうあんしんさいいんかい	公安審査委員会 Custom Scroll Public Security Examination Commission
国家公安委員会 see styles	kokkakouaniinkai / kokkakoaninkai こっかこうあんいいんかい	国家公安委員会 Custom Scroll National Public Safety Commission; (o) National Public Safety Commission
国家公安委員長 see styles	kokkakouaniinchou / kokkakoanincho こっかこうあんいいんちょう	国家公安委員長 Custom Scroll (abbreviation) (See 国家公安委員会委員長) National Public Safety Commission Chairman
国家公安委員会委員長 see styles	kokkakouaniinkaiiinchou / kokkakoaninkaiincho こっかこうあんいいんかいいいんちょう	Buy Custom Scroll National Public Safety Commission Chairman

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Police Public Security Bureau	公安	kou an / kouan / ko an	gōng ān / gong1 an1 / gong an / gongan	kung an / kungan