局

Stroke order

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 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

Historical forms of the character 局
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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."^[1]

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

    郵局／邮局  ―  yóujú  ―  post office

14. shop; store
15. trap; trick

    騙局／骗局  ―  piànjú  ―  fraud, scam

    我乞光棍局去。 [Eastern Min, trad. and simp.]

    Nguāi ké̤ṳk-*guŏng-góng guŏh-kó̤ / [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]

    I got tricked by a scammer.

16. feast; banquet; gathering
17. chessboard
18. Classifier for instances of boardgames and ballgames: game ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
19. (Mainland China Hokkien) without fail; certainly; surely; definitely; inevitably
20. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) interest; fun (said with 有 (ū) and 無 (bô))
21. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) worth; profit; relative benefit (said with 有 (ū) and 無 (bô))
22. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) narrow; cramped
23. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be limited; to be confined
24. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to force; to compel

• (interest):

• (without fail):

• (narrow):

• (to limit):

• (to trick):

(Third grade 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)

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

局(つぼね) • (tsubone) 

1. a temporary room created by subdividing a larger room with curtains and screens
2. 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)

3. a lady-in-waiting or gentlewoman who lives in such a room
4. an honorific appended to the names of high ranking women
5. (Edo) a lady-in-waiting to a shōgun or daimyō
6. the tenement room used by a 局女郎 (tsubone-jorō)
7. Short for 局女郎 (tsubone-jorō, “a low grade prostitute who works out of a small tenement room and charges by the hour”).

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

• 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 (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”).