局

• 読み: きょく
• ローマ字: kyoku
• 漢字の分解: 局 (kyoku) — office, bureau, station
• 発音: /kʲo.kɯ/

意味

Office; bureau; station. An organizational unit or broadcasting station.

A noun and suffix with multiple uses. As a standalone word, it refers to offices or bureaus (郵便局 — post office). As a suffix, it denotes broadcasting stations (テレビ局 — TV station, ラジオ局 — radio station) or government departments. Also used in board games to mean 'a game' or 'situation' (局面 — aspect of a situation).

例文

1. 近くの郵便局で荷物を送った。
2. 姉はテレビ局で働いている。
3. 薬局で風邪薬を買ってきて。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, media, government

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 局 originally depicted a confined space or a bent body, evolving to mean a sectioned-off area or department. It came to represent enclosed administrative units and stations.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal