局

局 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸尸口 (SSR), four-corner 7722₇, composition ⿸尸⿹𠃌口)

• 侷, 𡌟, 𡨅, 挶, 𩧺, 𫪐, 𬇴, 𦯃, 梮, 焗, 䏱, 𠵑, 𤶹, 锔, 𫀸, 𦀯, 䎤, 跼, 鋦, 𩓛, 𩠧, 駶, 𥐏, 𩭊, 𫬊, 𩷐, 𪁵, 𪓩

• KangXi: page 300, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7653
• Dae Jaweon: page 596, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 967, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5C40

局

1. ^† bent; crooked
2. ^† to bend
3. to restrict; to limit
4. ^† to force; to coerce
5. narrow; restricted
6. ^† near; close
7. ^† breadth of mind; tolerance
8. ^† neighbour
9. part; component
10. arrangement; distribution; structure; organisation
11. situation; circumstances
12. event
13. office; bureau
14. shop; store
15. trap; trick
16. feast; banquet; gathering
17. chessboard
18. Classifier for instances of boardgames and ballgames: game ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. bureau
2. board
3. office

• Go-on: ごく (goku)
• Kan-on: きょく (kyoku, Jōyō)
• Kun: つぼね (tsubone, 局); しきる (shikiru)

• 郵(ゆう)便(びん)局(きょく) (yūbinkyoku, “post office”)
• 薬(やっ)局(きょく) (yakkyoku, “pharmacy”)
• 送(そう)信(しん)局(きょく) (sōshinkyoku, “relay station”)

局(つぼね) • (tsubone) 

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

局(きょく) • (kyoku) 

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

局(きょく) • (-kyoku) 

1. counter for buildings or operators suffixed "局" (e.g. 郵(ゆう)便(びん)局(きょく) (yūbin-kyoku, “post office”), テレビ局(きょく) (terebi-kyoku, “television station”))
   • 2019 February 28, “＜平(へい)成(せい)　この日(ひ)、（番(ばん)外(がい)）＞郵(ゆう)便(びん)局(きょく)で「うるう日(び)」障(しょう)害(がい)＝平(へい)成(せい)12(じゅうに)年(ねん)2(に)月(がつ)29(にじゅうく)日(にち)（19(じゅうく)年(ねん)前(まえ)） Ａ(エー)Ｔ(ティー)Ｍ(エム)の電(でん)源(げん)入(はい)らず窓(まど)口(ぐち)対(たい)応(おう)”, in 佐(さ)賀(が)新(しん)聞(ぶん) [Saga Shimbun]‎:

     県(けん)内(ない)でも特(とく)定(てい)郵(ゆう)便(びん)局(きょく)など4(よん)局(きょく)で、業(ぎょう)務(む)開(かい)始(し)の午(ご)前(ぜん)8(はち)時(じ)から郵(ゆう)便(びん)貯(ちょ)金(きん)自(じ)動(どう)預(あずけ)払(ばらい)機(き)（A(エー)T(ティー)M(エム)）の電(でん)源(げん)が入(はい)らず、午(ご)後(ご)0(れい)時(じ)20(にじっ)分(ぷん)に復(ふっ)旧(きゅう)するまで、貯(ちょ)金(きん)の預(あず)け入(い)れは窓(まど)口(ぐち)で対(たい)応(おう)した。

     Kennai demo tokutei yūbin-kyoku nado yon-kyoku de, gyōmu kaishi no gozen hachiji kara yūbin chokin jidō azuke barai-ki (ētīemu) no dengen ga hairazu, gogo reiji nijippun ni fukkyū suru made, chokin no azukeire wa madoguchi de taiō shita.

     In the Prefecture, post office deposit automatic teller machines (ATMs) installed in four post offices including the Special Post Office couldn't turn on from 8 a.m. at starting operations and they handled depositing money work at windows until 12:20 a.m. when it had been restored.

2. counter for board games (e.g. chess, shogi or go)
   • 2019 November 25, “将(しょう)棋(ぎ)ユーチューバー、四(よ)段(だん)に勝(しょう)利(り)　あと２(に)勝(しょう)でプロ入(い)り”, in 朝(あさ)日(ひ)新(しん)聞(ぶん) [Asahi Shimbun]‎:

     試(し)験(けん)は若(わか)手(て)棋(き)士(し) ５(ご)人(にん)と ５(ご)局(きょく)指(さ)し、 ３(さん)勝(しょう)で合(ごう)格(かく)する。

     Shiken wa wakate kishi go-nin to go-kyoku sashi, san-shō de gōkaku suru.

     In the examination, he will play five games against five young players and if he wins three games, he will pass the examination.

局(きょく) • (-kyoku) 

1. bureau

局 (eumhun 판 국 (pan guk))

1. Hanja form^? of 국 (“bureau; department”).

• 방송국 (放送局, bangsongguk, “broadcasting station”)

局: Hán Việt readings: cục
局: Nôm readings: cộc, cục, cuộc, gục, ngúc

1. chữ Hán form of cuộc (“an office under a bộ (“ministry”)”).
2. Nôm form of cuộc (“any large-scale, periodic event”).
3. Nôm form of gục (“to lower (one's head); to bend down”).