Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3
JLPT level: N3
286 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 7
Meaning: bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment
Kunyomi: つぼね
Onyomi: キョク
Composition: 尸 句
Radical: 尸
Reading: しかばね
Meaning: corpse
Strokes: 3
局長(きょくちょう) bureau director, office chief
局面(きょくめん) checkerboard, aspect, situation
破局(はきょく) catastrophe, cataclysm
戦局(せんきょく) the state of the war
政局(せいきょく) political situation
結局(けっきょく) after all, eventually
薬局(やっきょく) pharmacy, drugstore
水道局(すいどうきょく) water bureau or department
郵便局(ゆうびんきょく) post office
放送局(ほうそうきょく) broadcasting office
局地的な(きょくちてきな) local
局限する(きょくげんする) limit, localize
局 (キョク) bureau, department, office (e.g. post, telephone), broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio), channel, exchange, affair, situation, game (of go, shogi, etc.)
局員 (キョクイン) clerk, (bureau, post-office) staff
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 (つぼね) court lady (Heian period), lady-in-waiting, separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady; Heian period), room for a very low class prostitute, very low class prostitute
局女郎 (つぼねじょろう) prostitute of the lowest class (Edo period)
御局 (おつぼね) court lady with her own private chamber or office, low-class prostitute (Edo period)
お局 (おつぼね) senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3
JLPT level: N3
286 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 7
Meaning: bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment
Kunyomi: つぼね
Onyomi: キョク
Composition: 尸 句
Radical: 尸
Reading: しかばね
Meaning: corpse
Strokes: 3
局長(きょくちょう) bureau director, office chief
局面(きょくめん) checkerboard, aspect, situation
破局(はきょく) catastrophe, cataclysm
戦局(せんきょく) the state of the war
政局(せいきょく) political situation
結局(けっきょく) after all, eventually
薬局(やっきょく) pharmacy, drugstore
水道局(すいどうきょく) water bureau or department
郵便局(ゆうびんきょく) post office
放送局(ほうそうきょく) broadcasting office
局地的な(きょくちてきな) local
局限する(きょくげんする) limit, localize
局 (キョク) bureau, department, office (e.g. post, telephone), broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio), channel, exchange, affair, situation, game (of go, shogi, etc.)
局員 (キョクイン) clerk, (bureau, post-office) staff
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 (つぼね) court lady (Heian period), lady-in-waiting, separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady; Heian period), room for a very low class prostitute, very low class prostitute
局女郎 (つぼねじょろう) prostitute of the lowest class (Edo period)
御局 (おつぼね) court lady with her own private chamber or office, low-class prostitute (Edo period)
お局 (おつぼね) senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion