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Kanji Detail for 庁 - "agency, office"

庁

  • Meaning

    庁 means "agency, office." Also associated with hall.

    1. Agency - A government office; a bureau.

    2. Hall - A reception room; a chamber.

  • Words using 庁

    • 警視庁 けいしちょう Listen Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)
    • 省庁 しょうちょう Listen ministries and government offices; the authorities
    • 環境庁 かんきょうちょう Listen Environment Agency
    • 防衛庁 ぼうえいちょう Listen Japan Defense Agency (became Ministry of Defense in January 2007)
    • 警察庁 けいさつちょう Listen National Police Agency; NPA
    • 官庁 かんちょう Listen government office; government agency; authorities
    • 気象庁 きしょうちょう Listen (Japanese) Meteorological Agency; JMA
    • 庁舎 ちょうしゃ Listen government office building

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    • Verified meaning: agency, office
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read こばなわ)
    • Also carries these associations: hall

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 庁

    Surnames 庁(こばなわ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    government office

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hall, central room

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 廳|厅

  • Onyomi

    tip

    choh(チョウ) チョウ

    tei(テイ) テイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    yakusho(やくしょ) やくしょ

  • Strokes

    tip

    5 strokes

  • Radical

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    广 (madare)

  • Related Keywords

    agency hall office room bureau administration authority chamber commission council department governance institution ministry organization

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