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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Han character [edit]

(radical 44 +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸尸口 (SSR), four-corner 77227)

  1. bureau, office
  2. circumstance

References [edit]

  • 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

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale guk6)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

  • 郵便局 (ゆうびんきょく, yūbinkyoku, post office)
  • 薬局 (やっきょく, yakkyoku, pharmacy)

Etymology 1 [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana つぼね, romaji tsubone)

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

Etymology 2 [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana きょく, romaji kyoku)

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

Suffix [edit]

(hiragana きょく, romaji -kyoku)

  1. bureau

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised guk, McCune-Reischauer kuk)


Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin (ji1), (ju2), Wade-Giles chi1, chü2)


Middle Chinese [edit]

(ghiok)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(cục, cộc, cuộc, gục, ngúc)