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Kanji Detail for 署 - "office, role"

  • Meaning

    署 means "office, role." Also associated with assignment.

    1. Assignment - Allocation of roles; division of duties.

    2. Office - Government facility.

  • Words using

    • 署名 しょめい Listen signature; autograph
    • 署員 しょいん Listen staff member; station employee; official
    • 警察署 けいさつしょ Listen police station
    • 税務署 ぜいむしょ Listen tax office
    • 署長 しょちょう Listen chief (of police); head (of office)
    • 消防署 しょうぼうしょ Listen fire station
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    • Verified meaning: office, role
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: assignment

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    signature; govt office; police station
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • Please tell me where the police station is.

  • How can i get to the police station?

  • He could not so much as sign his own name.

  • How can i get to the police station?

  • Don't forget to sign your name.

  • All you have to do is sign your name here.

  • Please sign your name here.

  • You have only to sign your name here.

  • He is the chief of a police station.

  • She signed over the money to her daughter.

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