Japanese Kanji
局kyoku
bureau · board · office
Grade 3 · JLPT N2 · 7 strokes
Bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment.
局 is part of the elementary school jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N2 (upper intermediate) level. With 7 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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