局 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「尸」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「尸」
- On
- キョクきょく · kyoku
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- office, bureau; situation
Stroke order
Origin
A character showing a small space partitioned off under a covering (尸) — coming to mean an office or bureau.
Readings and examples
| Onキョクきょくkyoku | 局部きょくぶ時局じきょく結局けっきょく |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 郵便局ゆうびんきょく
post office
- 放送局ほうそうきょく
broadcasting station
- 薬局やっきょく
- 結局けっきょく
- 蜷局とぐろ
- 局天蹐地きょくてんせきち
Example
手紙を ゆうびん局に だします。
I take the letter to the post office.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)