# 局

| 局 | U+5C40, &#23616; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C40 |
| ← 尿 [U+5C3F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 屁 → [U+5C41] |

## Translingual
### Han character

局 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸尸口 (SSR), four-corner 7722$_7$, composition ⿸尸⿹𠃌口)

#### Derived characters

* 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

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 局 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 鋦 | *koɡ |
| 挶 | *koɡ |
| 梮 | *koɡ |
| 局 | *ɡoɡ |
| 跼 | *ɡoɡ |
| 侷 | *ɡoɡ |
Pictogram (象形). It represents the shape of a deceased person's limbs being bent and buried. This practice of burying the body in a crouched position symbolizes "to bend," and by extension, "to shrink" or "to contract."

#### References

* ↑ Digital Shinjigen 2017

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jú (ju$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): guk$^6$ / guk$^{6-2}$
* Gan (Wiktionary): jiuh$^7$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiu̍k
* Eastern Min (BUC): guŏh / gṳ̆k
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kio̍k / kia̍k / ke̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gêg$^8$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): kog$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$jioq; $^8$jiuq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jú
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyú
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^2$
*** Yale: jyú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyu
*** Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: guk$^6$ / guk$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: guhk / gúk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: guk$^9$ / guk$^{9-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gug$^6$ / gug$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʊk̚²/, /kʊk̚²⁻³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: jiuh$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiuʔ²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiu̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: kiug
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kiug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯uk̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: guŏh / gṳ̆k
*** Sinological IPA : /kuoʔ⁵/, /kyʔ⁵/
* guŏh - vernacular;
* gṳ̆k - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit局 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕy³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡ɕy²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡ɕy⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /t͡ɕy⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡ɕy⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /t͡ɕy⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡ɕy²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡ɕy²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡ɕy¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /t͡ɕy⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡ɕy⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡ɕy²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡ɕy³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡ɕiu²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡ɕi³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡ɕyʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡ɕyəʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕyəʔ⁵⁴/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡ɕyʌʔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡ɕy³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /d͡ʑioʔ¹/ /d͡ʑyɪʔ¹/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /d͡ʑioʔ³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /d͡zz̩ʷəʔ²/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /d͡ʑo²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕʰiu²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡ɕʰiu¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡ɕy²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡ɕy²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡ɕʰiuʔ²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kʰiuk̚⁵/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /kʰiuk̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /kok̚²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /kuk̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /kuk̚²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /kiɔk̚⁵/ /kik̚⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kuoʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ky⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /kek̚⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /xɔk̚³/ |
* Middle Chinese: gjowk
Rime :
| Character | 局 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 燭 (8) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 渠玉切 |
| Baxter | gjowk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨok̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡiok̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiok̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /guawk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiok̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭwok̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gi̯wok̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | guk$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-kʰ(r)ok/, /*[ɡ](r)ok/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡoɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 局 | 局 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jú | jú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ gjowk › | ‹ gjowk › |
| Old Chinese | /*N-kʰ(r)ok/ | /*[ɡ](r)ok/ |
| English | bent, curved | department |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 局 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7028 |
| Phonetic component | 局 |
| Rime group | 屋 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 局 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡoɡ/ |

### Definitions

局
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bent; crooked
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to bend
* to restrict; to limit
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to force; to coerce
* narrow; restricted
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) near; close
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) breadth of mind; tolerance
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) neighbour
* part; component
* arrangement; distribution; structure; organisation
* situation; circumstances
* event
* office; bureau
    郵局／邮局 ― yóujú ― post office
* shop; store
* trap; trick
    騙局／骗局 ― piànjú ― fraud, scam
       Nguāi ké̤ṳk-*guŏng-góng guŏh-kó̤ / [ŋuai³³ kʰyʔ²⁴⁻²¹ kuoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ $^{(k-)}$ŋouŋ²¹³ kuoʔ⁵⁻²¹ $^{(kʰ-)}$ɔ²¹³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]
       I got tricked by a scammer.
* feast; banquet; gathering
* chessboard
* Classifier for instances of boardgames and ballgames: game ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
* (Mainland China Hokkien) without fail; certainly; surely; definitely; inevitably
* (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) interest; fun (said with 有 (ū) and 無 (bô))
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) worth; profit; relative benefit (said with 有 (ū) and 無 (bô))
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) narrow; cramped
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be limited; to be confined
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to force; to compel

#### Synonyms

* (interest):
* 享受 (xiǎngshòu)
* 意味 (yìwèi)
* 意思
* 意趣 (yìqù)
* 樂趣 / 乐趣 (lèqù)
* 氣味 / 气味 (qìwèi) (figurative)
* 興味 / 兴味 (xìngwèi)
* 興會 / 兴会 (xìnghuì) (literary)
* 興致 / 兴致 (xìngzhì)
* 興趣 / 兴趣 (xìngqù)
* 趣味 (qùwèi)
* (without fail):
* 一定 (yīdìng)
* 保準 / 保准 (bǎozhǔn) (colloquial)
* 保管 (bǎoguǎn)
* 保險 / 保险 (bǎoxiǎn) (dialectal)
* 勢必 / 势必 (shìbì)
* 定必 (ding$^6$ bit$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 必定 (bìdìng)
* 必然 (bìrán)
* 決計 / 决计 (juéjì)
* 準保 / 准保 (zhǔnbǎo)
* 準定 / 准定 (zhǔndìng)
* 無疑 / 无疑 (wúyí)
* 硬額 / 硬额 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 肯定 (kěndìng)
* (narrow):
* 侷促 (júcù)
* 促狹 / 促狭 (cùxiá) (literary)
* 狹奪 / 狭夺 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 狹奪奪 / 狭夺夺 (Hokkien)
* 狹小 / 狭小 (xiáxiǎo)
* 狹櫼櫼 / 狭櫼櫼 (Hokkien)
* 狹𤲍楔 / 狭𤲍楔 (Hokkien)
* 狹𤲍𤲍 / 狭𤲍𤲍 (Hokkien)
* 狹突突 / 狭突突 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 狹窄 / 狭窄 (xiázhǎi)
* 狹細 / 狭细 (Hokkien)
* 狹閉不 / 狭闭不 (Hokkien)
* 狹隘 / 狭隘 (xiá'ài)
* 窄
* 窄小 (zhǎixiǎo)
* 褊狹 / 褊狭 (biǎnxiá) (literary)
* 逼仄 (bīzè) (literary)
* (to limit):
* 主宰 (zhǔzǎi)
* 主張 / 主张 (zhǔzhāng) (archaic)
* 克制 (kèzhì)
* 克治 (kèzhì) (literary)
* 制禦 / 制御 (zhìyù) (literary)
* 制約 / 制约 (zhìyuē)
* 君 (jūn) (literary)
* 執掌 / 执掌 (zhízhǎng)
* 壓制 / 压制 (yāzhì)
* 壓抑 / 压抑 (yāyì)
* 局限 (júxiàn)
* 左右 (zuǒyòu)
* 把
* 抑制 (yìzhì)
* 把持 (bǎchí)
* 把控 (bǎkòng)
* 把攬 / 把揽 (bǎlǎn)
* 抵制 (dǐzhì)
* 拘束 (jūshù)
* 按 (àn)
* 按捺 (ànnà) (usually in the negative)
* 控 (literary, or in compounds)
* 控制 (kòngzhì)
* 掌控 (zhǎngkòng)
* 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
* 提控 (tíkòng) (literary)
* 撥弄 / 拨弄 (bōnòng)
* 撙節 / 撙节 (zǔnjié)
* 操控 (cāokòng)
* 操縱 / 操纵 (cāozòng)
* 擺佈 / 摆布 (bǎibù)
* 擺治 / 摆治 (bǎizhì) (regional)
* 支配 (zhīpèi)
* 收斂 / 收敛 (shōuliǎn)
* 束 (literary, or in compounds)
* 束縛 / 束缚 (shùfù)
* 柄 (literary, or in compounds)
* 框 (kuàng)
* 禁錮 / 禁锢 (jìngù) (figurative)
* 積壓 / 积压 (jīyā) (figurative)
* 節制 / 节制 (jiézhì)
* 節撙 / 节撙 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
* 管制 (guǎnzhì)
* 管束 (guǎnshù)
* 約束 / 约束 (yuēshù)
* 統御 / 统御 (tǒngyù) (literary)
* 統治 / 统治 (tǒngzhì)
* 羈束 / 羁束 (jīshù) (literary)
* 裁 (cái) (literary, or in compounds)
* 遏抑 (èyì) (literary)
* 鎮 / 镇 (zhèn)
* 限 (xiàn)
* 限乏 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 限制 (xiànzhì)
* 駕 / 驾 (jià)
* 駕馭 / 驾驭 (jiàyù) (figurative)
* (to trick):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 騙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 騙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 騙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 騙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 騙 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 騙 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 哄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 騙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 騙 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 騙 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 騙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 哄, 騙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 騙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 哄, ⿰言羅 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 騙 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 騙, 哄 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 騙呃 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 氹, 呃 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 氹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 氹, 呃 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 氹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 呃 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 呃 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 徹 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 撮, 騙 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 騙 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 騙 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 騙 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 撮, 騙 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 騙, 諞 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 撮, 騙 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 惑 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 騙 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 騙 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 騙 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 騙, 局 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 諞, 術 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 諞, 術 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 諞, 術 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 騙 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 騙 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 騙 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 騙 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 騙 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 騙 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 騙, 誑 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 騙 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 騙 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 騙 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 騙 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 騙 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 騙 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 騙 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 呃 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 呃 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang | 騙 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 騙 |
| Wu | Danyang | 騙 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 騙 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 騙 |

#### Compounds

* 三振出局 (sānzhèn chūjú)
* 不了之局
* 不識局面 / 不识局面
* 世局 (shìjú)
* 中信局
* 中局 (zhōngjú)
* 中情局 (Zhōngqíngjú)
* 亂局 / 乱局 (luànjú)
* 了局 (liǎojú)
* 假局子
* 僵局 (jiāngjú)
* 全局 (quánjú)
* 公估局
* 公安局 (gōng'ānjú)
* 公賣局 / 公卖局
* 公路局
* 最高當局 / 最高当局
* 冷局
* 出局 (chūjú)
* 分局 (fēnjú)
* 刑事局 (Xíngshìjú)
* 勞保局 / 劳保局
* 勝局 / 胜局 (shèngjú)
* 博局
* 危局 (wēijú)
* 叫二排局
* 叫局
* 合局
* 和局 (héjú)
* 器局
* 四司六局
* 困局 (kùnjú)
* 國安局 / 国安局
* 國稅局 / 国税局
* 國貿局 / 国贸局
* 大局 (dàjú)
* 大局已定
* 天仙局
* 定局 (dìngjú)
* 寶泉局 / 宝泉局
* 寶源局 / 宝源局
* 對局 / 对局 (duìjú)
* 局主
* 局促 (júcù)
* 局促一隅
* 局促不安
* 局內人 / 局内人 (júnèirén)
* 局勢 / 局势 (júshì)
* 局外
* 局外人 (júwàirén)
* 局子
* 局家
* 局度
* 局戲 / 局戏
* 局方
* 局本
* 局束
* 局段
* 局票
* 局賭 / 局赌
* 局蹐不安
* 局部 (júbù)
* 局部雨
* 局量
* 局限 (júxiàn)
* 局面 (júmiàn)
* 局騙 / 局骗
* 工務局 / 工务局
* 工業局 / 工业局
* 布局 (bùjú)
* 平局 (píngjú)
* 建設局 / 建设局
* 弄局
* 成局
* 戰局 / 战局 (zhànjú)
* 打遲局 / 打迟局
* 承局
* 招商局
* 拘局
* 捐局
* 排局
* 攪局 / 搅局 (jiǎojú)
* 支局 (zhījú)
* 政局 (zhèngjú)
* 敗局 / 败局 (bàijú)
* 教育局 (jiàoyùjú)
* 散局
* 新局 (xīnjú)
* 新局面 (xīnjúmiàn)
* 明局
* 時局 / 时局 (shíjú)
* 曲局
* 書局 / 书局 (shūjú)
* 格局 (géjú)
* 棋局 (qíjú)
* 櫃坊賭局 / 柜坊赌局
* 殘局 / 残局 (cánjú)
* 民信局
* 水利局
* 水局
* 決勝局 / 决胜局
* 法制局
* 活局子
* 港務局 / 港务局 (gǎngwùjú)
* 無局 / 无局
* 牌局
* 物資局 / 物资局
* 環保局 / 环保局
* 生藥局 / 生药局
* 當局 / 当局 (dāngjú)
* 當局者迷 / 当局者迷
* 發球局 / 发球局
* 知局
* 短局
* 短局促
* 社會局 / 社会局
* 移民局 (yímínjú)
* 糊弄局
* 糧食局 / 粮食局
* 終局 / 终局 (zhōngjú)
* 終局裁判 / 终局裁判
* 結局 / 结局 (jiéjú)
* 網路書局 / 网路书局
* 置身局外
* 美人局
* 胡弄局
* 茶局子
* 落局
* 藥局 / 药局 (yàojú)
* 蜷局 (quánjú)
* 行動郵局 / 行动邮局
* 衛生局 / 卫生局
* 裝局 / 装局
* 觀光局 / 观光局
* 觀局 / 观局
* 設局 / 设局 (shèjú)
* 識局 / 识局
* 警察局 (jǐngchájú)
* 警局 (jǐngjú)
* 變局 / 变局 (biànjú)
* 財政局 / 财政局
* 賭局 / 赌局
* 走局
* 起功局
* 路局
* 通觀全局 / 通观全局
* 遞局 / 递局
* 郵局 / 邮局 (yóujú)
* 郵政局 / 邮政局 (yóuzhèngjú)
* 鏢局 / 镖局 (biāojú)
* 鐵路局 / 铁路局
* 鑄幣局 / 铸币局
* 長局 / 长局 (chángjú)
* 開局 / 开局 (kāijú)
* 電信局 / 电信局 (diànxìnjú)
* 電報局 / 电报局 (diànbàojú)
* 電腦書局 / 电脑书局
* 顧全大局 / 顾全大局 (gùquándàjú)
* 飯局 / 饭局 (fànjú)
* 騙局 / 骗局 (piànjú)
* 鹽務總局 / 盐务总局

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
* bureau
* board
* office

#### Readings

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

#### Compounds

* 美人局(つつもたせ) (tsutsumotase)
* 蜷局(どぐろ) (doguro)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 局
* つぼね Grade: 3
* kun'yomi

#### Noun

局(つぼね) • (tsubone)
* a temporary room created by subdividing a larger room with curtains and screens
* a private room in a palace or noble residence created by subdividing a larger room or gallery with curtains and screens
    Synonym: 曹司 (zōshi)
* a lady-in-waiting or gentlewoman who lives in such a room
* an honorific appended to the names of high ranking women
* (Edo) a lady-in-waiting to a shōgun or daimyō
* the tenement room used by a 局女郎 (tsubone-jorō)
* Short for 局女郎 (tsubone-jorō, “a low grade prostitute who works out of a small tenement room and charges by the hour”).

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 局
* きょく Grade: 3
* kan'on

#### Noun

局(きょく) • (kyoku)
* bureau, department
* channel such as on television

#### Counter

局(きょく) • (-kyoku)
* 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.
* 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]‎, archived from the original on 2 December 2019:
    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.

#### Suffix

局(きょく) • (-kyoku)
* bureau

##### Derived terms

* 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”)

## Korean
### Hanja

局 (eumhun 판 국 (pan guk))
* hanja form of 국 (“bureau; department”)

#### Compounds

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

## Vietnamese
### Han character

局: Hán Việt readings: cục
局: Nôm readings: cộc, cục, cuộc, gục, ngúc
* chữ Hán form of cuộc (“an office under a bộ (“ministry”)”).
* chữ Nôm form of cuộc (“any large-scale, periodic event”).
* chữ Nôm form of gục (“to lower (one's head); to bend down”).