庁

government office

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

チョウテイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

やくしょ

Stroke Order

5 / 5

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:5

JLPT:N2

Frequency:793

Vocabulary

チョウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
科学技術庁	カガクギジュツチョウ	Science and Technology Agency (1956-2001)
官公庁	カンコウチョウ	government and municipal offices; public agencies
官庁	カンチョウ	government office; government agency; authorities
環境庁	カンキョウチョウ	Environment Agency
気象庁	キショウチョウ	(Japanese) Meteorological Agency; JMA

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
経済企画庁	けいざいきかくちょう	Economic Planning Agency (1955-2001)
庁	ちょう	government office; agency; board
北海道開発庁長官	ほっかいどうかいはつちょうちょうかん	Director General of Hokkaido Development Agency
資源エネルギー庁	しげんエネルギーちょう	Agency of Natural Resources and Energy
特許庁	とっきょちょう	Patent Office; Patent Agency

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare

borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse

sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

wide, broad, spacious

stand up, rise, set up, erect

spicy, bitter, hot, acrid

longevity, congratulations, one's natural life

Grade 8JLPT N/A

bed, counter for beds, floor, padding, tatami

preface, beginning, order, precedence, occasion, chance, incidentally