A simple name cartouche 九郎判宦義経 uses '判宦' instead of '判官'. I assume it is
supposed to be read _Kurō Hōgan Yoshitsune_. Yoshitsune received the title
_Kurō Hōgan_ (九郎 **判官** ) from the Imperial Court; sometimes you see his name
written as _Minamoto Kurō Yoshitsune_ (源九郎義経) without the _Hōgan_ ; the term
"sympathy for a tragic hero," _Hōgan-biiki_ (判官贔屓) comes from Yoshitsune's
title. Can anyone shed light on the 宦/官 substitution — is this common?

In general dictionary searches, I noted that _kangan_ 宦官 (かんがん) is the noun
for "eunuch". Assuming _Hō **gan**_ is correct, then is it a simple matter
that 宦 has a _kan_ かん sound (as evidenced in _**kan** gan_ 宦官) and a _gan_ がん
sound (as evidenced in _Hō **gan**_ 判宦)?

Wiktionary gives the following readings for 宦:

Goon: げん (gen)

Kan’on: かん (kan)

Kun: つかえる ( **tsuka** eru, 宦える); まなぶ (manabu)

Wiktionary gives the following readings for 官:

Goon: かん (kan)

Kan’on: かん (kan)

Kun: つかさ (tsukasa, 官); おおやけ (ōyake, 官)

Elsewhere:

宦 = "official", Kun: つかさ _tsukasa_ , On: カン

官 = "government service; the bureaucracy​", かん _kan_

官 = "office; official", ​Archaism, つかさ _tsukasa_

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Use of '判宦' in 九郎判宦義経