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庁

Agency
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingチョウ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 6Level 24

Meanings

  1. agency
  2. government officeRtK
  1. board

Homonyms

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Same reading (ちょう)
兆 · trillion長 · head腸 · intestine蝶 · butterfly超 · super-

Popular Usage

官庁県庁

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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cave · street (行) · nail · spike

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 635

Compound words

官庁かんちょう
government office; government agency; authorities
県庁けんちょう
prefectural office
省庁しょうちょう
ministries and government offices; the authorities
庁舎ちょうしゃ
government office building
都庁とちょう
Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Office)
府庁ふちょう
prefectural office (of Osaka or Kyoto)
政庁せいちょう
government office
官公庁かんこうちょう
government and municipal offices; public agencies
環境庁かんきょうちょう
Environment Agency
気象庁きしょうちょう
(Japanese) Meteorological Agency; JMA
宮内庁くないちょう
Imperial Household Agency
経企庁けいきちょう
Economic Planning Agency (1955-2001)
警察庁けいさつちょう
National Police Agency; NPA
警視庁けいしちょう
Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)
国税庁こくぜいちょう
National Tax Agency (Japan); national taxation agency (e.g. IRS)
検察庁けんさつちょう
Public Prosecutors Office
国土庁こくどちょう
(Japanese) National Land Agency
防衛庁ぼうえいちょう
Japan Defense Agency (became Ministry of Defense in January 2007)
文化庁ぶんかちょう
Agency for Cultural Affairs
水産庁すいさんちょう
(Japanese) Fisheries Agency
消防庁しょうぼうちょう
Fire and Disaster Management Agency
特許庁とっきょちょう
Patent Office; Patent Agency
林野庁りんやちょう
Forestry Agency
食糧庁しょくりょうちょう
food agency

Additional Examples

彼は官庁で相当な職についている。
He has a good position in a government office.tatoeba
彼の最新の作品が市庁舎で展示されているの。言葉に出来ないほど素敵よ。
His latest works are on display at the city hall. They are fabulous beyond description.tatoeba
彼の公式の肩書きは環境庁長官です。
His official title is Director-General of the Environment Agency.tatoeba
東京都庁ビルの高さはどのくらいありますか。
How high is the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office Building?tatoeba

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Government agency. 广 (building) + 丁 — a state building. 県庁 — prefectural office.

Practice Writing

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