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Kanji Grade 3 - 局

Kanji character Grade 3 局. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 3 - 局
About
bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment
Kun: つぼね
On: キョク
7 strokes
Radical: corpse 尸
Parts: 口 尸
 
Onyomi
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
 
Kunyomi
局 【つぼね】 court lady, lady-in-waiting (Heian period), 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