Kanji

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

Radical

Radical: 广

Reading: まだれ

Meaning: house on cliff

Strokes: 3

广

Examples

Examples with audio

舎(ちょうしゃ)   government office building

(かんちょう)   government office

(とちょう)   Tokyo Metropolitan area office

(けんちょう)   prefectural office

警視(けいしちょう)   police headquarters

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

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

Onyomi Examples

チョウ government office, agency, board

チョウシャ government office building

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

セイチョウ government office