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The Kanji Map

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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N2

793 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: government office

Kunyomi: やくしょ

Onyomi: チョウ, テイ

Composition: 广 丁

庁

Radical

Radical: 广

Reading: まだれ

Meaning: house on cliff

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

庁舎(ちょうしゃ)   government office building

官庁(かんちょう)   government office

都庁(とちょう)   Tokyo Metropolitan area office

県庁(けんちょう)   prefectural office

警視庁(けいしちょう)   police headquarters

環境庁(かんきょうちょう)   the Department of Environment

気象庁(きしょうちょう)   the Department of Meteorology

Onyomi Examples

庁 (チョウ) government office, agency, board

庁舎 (チョウシャ) government office building

国税庁 (コクゼイチョウ) National Tax Agency (Japan), national taxation agency (e.g. IRS)

政庁 (セイチョウ) government office

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