局
bureau; board; office; affair; conclusion; court lady; lady-in-waiting; her apartment
7 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 286.
Readings
- キョク (on reading): 結局 (けっきょく) after all; 局 (きょく) bureau
- つぼね (kun reading): 局 (つぼね) court lady (Heian period); 御局 (おつぼね) court lady with her own private chamber or office
- Read as a whole word: 美人局 (つつもたせ) badger game (scheme in which a man has his wife or lover seduce another man to blackmail him)
Components
Kanji containing 局
- 跼 bow
Words using 局
- 結局 (けっきょく) after all
- 局 (きょく) bureau
- 郵便局 (ゆうびんきょく) post office
- 開局 (かいきょく) opening (of a broadcasting station, post office, bureau, etc.)
- 同局 (どうきょく) the said bureau (office, department, broadcasting station, channel, etc.)
- 局 (つぼね) court lady (Heian period)
- 御局 (おつぼね) court lady with her own private chamber or office
- 局女郎 (つぼねじょろう) prostitute of the lowest class (Edo period)
- お局様 (おつぼねさま) senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
- お局 (おつぼね) senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
- 美人局 (つつもたせ) badger game (scheme in which a man has his wife or lover seduce another man to blackmail him)
315 words in all.