局 — bureau, board, office
きょく
局
bureau
きょく
U+5C40
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #286
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1147
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- bureau
- board
- office
- affair
- conclusion
- court lady
- lady-in-waiting
- her apartment
Readings
- On'yomi
- きょく kyoku
- Kun'yomi
- つぼね tsubone
word
きょく kyoku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
局
kyoku
bureau
局
長
kyokuchou
bureau director
当
局
toukyoku
authorities
局
面
kyokumen
situation
テ
レ
ビ
局
terebikyoku
television station
薬
局
yakkyoku
pharmacy
部
局
bukyoku
department
一
局
ikkyoku
one game (of go, shogi, etc.)
主
計
局
shukeikyoku
budget bureau
医
局
ikyoku
medical office (esp. in a hospital)
同
局
doukyoku
the said bureau (office, department, broadcasting station, channel, etc.)
対
局
taikyoku
(playing a) game (of go, shogi, etc.)
局
員
kyokuin
clerk
局
地
kyokuchi
locality
書
記
局
shokikyoku
secretariat
終
局
shuukyoku
end
Words by frequency and grade
31 wordsEach dot is a word containing 局: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 23 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.