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bureau
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingキョク
Kun readingつぼね
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. bureauRtK
  2. affair
  3. board
  4. conclusion
  5. court lady
  6. her apartment
  7. lady-in-waiting
  8. office
    疫病管理局の報告では、罹患率は１０パーセントだった。The office for disease control reported a 10 percent spread.tatoeba
  1. department
  2. office (e.g. post, telephone)
  3. broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio)
  4. channel

Synonyms

郵便局

Popular Usage

郵便局結局局限

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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flag (方) · phrase · bound up (乙) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1147

Compound words

郵便局ゆうびんきょく
post office
結局けっきょく
after all; in the end; ultimately; eventually; conclusion
医局いきょく
medical office (esp. in a hospital); doctor's office
一局いっきょく
one game (of go, shogi, etc.); one board (go, shogi, etc.); one office (of a broadcasting station, post office, etc.)
開局かいきょく
opening (of a broadcasting station, post office, bureau, etc.); establishment
局員きょくいん
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
局地きょくち
locality; local area; limited area
局長きょくちょう
bureau director; office chief
局番きょくばん
telephone exchange number
局面きょくめん
position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase
支局しきょく
branch office
時局じきょく
situation; state of things; current affairs
終局しゅうきょく
end; close; conclusion; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
政局せいきょく
political situation
当局とうきょく
authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office
同局どうきょく
the said bureau (office, department, broadcasting station, channel, etc.); same bureau (office, department, broadcasting station, channel, etc.)
難局なんきょく
difficult situation
破局はきょく
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
薬局やっきょく
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); hospital pharmacy; dispensary
部局ぶきょく
department; bureau; section; part
対局たいきょく
(playing a) game (of go, shogi, etc.)
局留めきょくどめ
general delivery; counter collection; poste restante
国税局こくぜいきょく
revenue office; taxation bureau
事務局じむきょく
secretariat; executive office

On Reading Examples

この地区では三局受信できます。きょく
We can get three stations in this area.tatoeba
当局は地域住民の頑強な抵抗にあった。とうきょく
The authorities met with unyielding opposition from the locals.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は聞こえないふりをしてその難局を切り抜けた。
He got out of the trouble by making believe that he couldn't hear.tatoeba
彼は腹を立てた様子だったが、結局それは冗談だった。
His apparent anger proved to be only a joke.tatoeba
彼は飛行機の墜落では死を免れたが、結局砂漠で死んだ。
He survived the crash, only to die in the desert.tatoeba
彼は入らないと言ったが、結局入ってきた。
He said he would not come in, but he came in after all.tatoeba

Stroke Order

7 strokes

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