# 局 — bureau; office

局 means “bureau; office”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 7 strokes. On'yomi: キョク (kyoku). It has no common kun'yomi. You'll see it in words such as 局 (kyoku, “bureau; department”).

- Meaning: bureau; office
- On'yomi: キョク (kyoku)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 7
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Society

## How to remember 局

Parts: 尸 flag · 句 phrase

## Words with 局

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 局 | きょく (kyoku) | bureau; department |
| テレビ局 | テレビきょく (terebikyoku) | television station |

## Don't confuse it with

[民](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/people/) · [居](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/reside/) · [眠](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/doze/)

## More in the “Society” set

[部](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/section/) · [公](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/public/) · [団](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/group/) · [格](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/status/) · [局](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/bureau/) · [賞](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/prize/) · [様](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/manner/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/bureau/. Last updated 2026-11-01.