Kanji1 / 7
局 kanji
bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
キョク
Kun readings
つぼね
Words with 局
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N5郵便局Popularpost office
- N3局Popularbureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); channel; exchange; affair; situation; game (of go, shogi, etc.)
- N3結局Popularafter all; in the end; ultimately; eventually; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
- N2薬局Popularpharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); hospital pharmacy; dispensary
- N1局限limit; localize; localise
- —医局Popularmedical office (esp. in a hospital); doctor's office
- —一局Popularone game (of go, shogi, etc.); one board (go, shogi, etc.); one office (of a broadcasting station, post office, etc.)
- —開局Popularopening (of a broadcasting station, post office, bureau, etc.); establishment
- —局員Popularclerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
- —局地Popularlocality; local area; limited area
- —局長Popularbureau director; office chief
- —局番Populartelephone exchange number
- —局面Popularposition in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase; aspect
- —支局Popularbranch office
- —時局Popularsituation; state of things; current affairs
- —終局Popularend; close; conclusion; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
- —政局Popularpolitical situation
- —当局Popularauthorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office
- —同局Popularthe said bureau (office, department, broadcasting station, channel, etc.); same bureau (office, department, broadcasting station, channel, etc.)
- —難局Populardifficult situation