局

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

局 (radical 44 尸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸尸口 (SSR), four-corner 7722₇, composition ⿸尸⿹𠃌口)

1. bureau, office
2. circumstance

References

• KangXi: page 300, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7653
• Dae Jaweon: page 596, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 967, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5C40

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		局

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jú, jī (ju², ji¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˊ, ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): guk⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): khiu̍k
• Min Nan (POJ): ke̍k / kio̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jú
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˊ
    • Wade-Giles: chü²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyu
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy³⁵/

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  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
    • Wade-Giles: chih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: guk⁶
    • Yale: guhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: guk⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiu̍k
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /kʰi̯uk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke̍k / kio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ki̍k / kio̍k
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɪk̚⁴/, /kiɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɪk̚¹²¹/, /kiɔk̚¹²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (局, reconstructed)
Character (局), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 群 (30) Final: 燭 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 渠玉切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɡɨok̚/	/gi̯wok̚/	/ɡiok̚/	/ɡiok̚/	/guawk̚/	/ɡĭwok̚/	/ɡiok̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (局, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
局								jú								‹ gjowk ›								/*N-kʰ(r)ok/								bent, curved
局								jú								‹ gjowk ›								/*[ɡ](r)ok/								department
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
局					7028					局					屋					0					局					/*ɡoɡ/

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Japanese

Kanji

局

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: ごく (goku)
• Kan’on: きょく (kyoku)
• Kun: つぼね (tsubone), しきる (shikiru)

Compounds

• 郵便局 (ゆうびんきょく, yūbinkyoku, “post office”)
• 薬局 (やっきょく, yakkyoku, “pharmacy”)
• 送信局 (sōshinkyoku, “relay station”)

Etymology 1

Noun

局 (hiragana つぼね, romaji tsubone)

1. a court lady
2. a room in a palace, especially for a lady

Etymology 2

Noun

局 (hiragana きょく, romaji kyoku)

1. bureau, department
2. channel such as on TV

Suffix

局 (hiragana きょく, romaji -kyoku)

1. bureau

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Korean

Hanja

局 (guk) (hangeul 국, revised guk, McCune-Reischauer kuk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

局 (cục, cộc, cuộc, gục, ngúc)

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