局
affair, board, bureau, conclusion, court lady, her apartment, lady-in-waiting, office
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
7 / 7
Information
Grade:3
Strokes:7
JLPT:3
Frequency:286
Vocabulary
キョク
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 医局 | イキョク | medical office (esp. in a hospital); doctor's office |
| 開局 | カイキョク | opening (of a broadcasting station, post office, bureau, etc.); establishment |
| 局員 | キョクイン | clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff |
| 局地 | キョクチ | locality; local area; limited area |
| 局長 | キョクチョウ | bureau director; office chief |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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.) |
| 局 | きょく | bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); channel; exchange; affair; situation; game (of go, shogi, etc.) |
| 結局 | けっきょく | after all; in the end; ultimately; eventually; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc. |
| 薬局 | やっきょく | pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); hospital pharmacy; dispensary |
| テレビ局 | テレビきょく | television station |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
居
exist, live with, reside, to be
Grade 5JLPT 3
句
clause, counter for haiku, paragraph, passage, phrase, sentence
Grade 5JLPT 1
拘
adhere to, arrest, concerned, despite, seize
Grade 8JLPT 1
石
stone
Grade 1JLPT 3
谷
valley
Grade 2JLPT 2
后
after, back, behind, empress, later, queen
Grade 6JLPT 1
右
right
Grade 1JLPT 5
召
buy, call, catch (cold), drink, eat, put on, ride in, seduce, send for, wear
Grade 8JLPT 2
如
as if, best, better, equal, like, likeness, such as
Grade 8JLPT 1
君
male name suffix, mister, ruler, you
Grade 3JLPT 3