局 — guk

Parts that make up 局

How 局 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 局 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 尸, 句.

Korean example words with 局

• 종국終局 Korean gloss: 일의 마지막
• 난국亂局 Korean gloss: 어지러운 판국
• 국론局論 Korean gloss: 틀이 잡힌 언론
• 간국艱局 Korean gloss: 일의 어려운 국면
• 국지局地 Korean gloss: 일정하게 한정된 지역
• 위국危局 Korean gloss: 위태로운 시국이나 판국
• 의국醫局 Korean gloss: 의무(醫務)를 다루는 부서
• 전국戰局 Korean gloss: 전쟁이 진행되고 있는 판국
• 가국佳局 Korean gloss: 매우 흥미 있고 재미있는 국면
• 분국分局 Korean gloss: 본국에서 갈라 따로 설치한 국
• 난국難局 Korean gloss: 일을 하기 어려운 상황이나 국면
• 형국形局 Korean gloss: 어떤 일이 벌어진 형편이나 국면

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 局

• 当局とうきょく authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned
• 事務局じむきょく secretariat; executive office
• 結局けっきょく after all; in the end; ultimately
• 支局しきょく branch office
• 局長きょくちょう bureau director; office chief
• 政局せいきょく political situation
• 局面きょくめん position in a game; state of the game; situation
• 郵便局ゆうびんきょく post office
• 対局たいきょく (playing a) game (of go, shogi, etc.)
• 局きょく bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone)
• 同局どうきょく the said bureau (office, department, broadcasting station, channel, etc.); same bureau (office, department, broadcasting station, channel, etc.)
• 国税局こくぜいきょく revenue office; taxation bureau

Characters sharing the phonetic 尺

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “국”

Other hanja with radical 尸