| 194 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 280 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 262 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 194 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1384 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 422 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 482 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 514 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 170 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 170 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 228 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 524 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3800 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1943 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2636 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1075 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7653 | Morohashi |
| 3063 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1412 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1066 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1147 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 228 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 279 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
286 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 局 【キョク】 bureau, department, office (e.g. post, telephone), broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio), channel, exchange, affair, situation, game (of go, shogi, etc.)
- 局員 【キョクイン】 clerk, (bureau, post-office) staff
- 医局 【イキョク】 medical office (esp. in a hospital), doctor's office
- 開局 【カイキョク】 opening (of a broadcasting station, post office, bureau, etc.), establishment
Kun reading compounds
- 局 【つぼね】 court lady (Heian period), lady-in-waiting, separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady; Heian period), room for a very low class prostitute, very low class prostitute
- 局女郎 【つぼねじょろう】 prostitute of the lowest class (Edo period)
- 御局 【おつぼね】 court lady with her own private chamber or office, low-class prostitute (Edo period)
- お局 【おつぼね】 senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
Readings
- Korean:
- gug
Spanish
- oficina
- departamento
Portuguese
- junta
- escritório
- caso
- conclusão
- dama da corte
- amante
- apartamento dela
French
- local
- pièce
- bureau
- affaire
- conclusion
- dame de cour
- dame d'honneur
- son appartement à elle
| 3749 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3r4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 7722.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5c40 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
211 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 在 【ザイ】 the country, countryside, outskirts, suburbs, presence, being in attendance, situated in, staying in, resident in
- 在外 【ザイガイ】 overseas, abroad
- 顕在 【ケンザイ】 being actual (as opposed to hidden or latent), being apparent, being obvious, being tangible, being revealed
- 介在 【カイザイ】 existing (between), interposition, intervention, involvement
Kun reading compounds
- 有る 【ある】 to be, to exist, to live, to have, to be located, to be equipped with, to happen, to come about
- 在るがまま 【あるがまま】 as it is, plain (truth), bare, undisguised, unvarnished, unexaggerated, honest, true, frank, candid
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あり
- Korean:
- jae
Spanish
- existir
- pueblo natal
- alrededores
- ser
Portuguese
- existir
- arredores
- subúrbios
- localizados em
French
- exister
- banlieue
- situé à
| 613 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 711 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 684 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 243 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1055 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 258 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 427 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 314 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 268 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 268 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 588 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 349 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3704 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1896 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2577 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 692 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 4881 | Morohashi |
| 2984 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 975 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 685 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 740 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 182 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 659 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1472 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b3.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 4021.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5728 | Unicode hex code |