Kanji N3

局: bureau, board, office

局 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning bureau, board, office, written with 7 strokes. It is read キョク (on) and つぼね (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 局 (きょく, bureau) and 結局 (けっきょく, after all).

局

Meanings

  • bureau
  • board
  • office
  • affair
  • conclusion
  • court lady
  • lady-in-waiting
  • her apartment
Strokes7
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#286 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • キョク

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • つぼね

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 7. Start at the dot.

Common words with 局

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 局きょく

    bureau; department

    JLPT N3
  • 結局けっきょく

    after all; in the end; ultimately; eventually

    JLPT N3
  • 郵便局ゆうびんきょく

    post office

    JLPT N5
  • 薬局やっきょく

    pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop)

    JLPT N2
  • 局限きょくげん

    limit; localize; localise

    JLPT N1
  • 当局とうきょく

    authorities; relevant authorities

  • 局長きょくちょう

    bureau director; office chief

  • 支局しきょく

    branch office

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.