局
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- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 尸 +4
- Structure
- Top enclosure 上包
- Traditional
- 局
- Common rank
- #448
- Unicode
- U+5C40
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 局
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中国海事局 | PRC Maritime Safety Agency | |
| 国家文物局 | PRC State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH) | |
| 国家安全局 | National Security Bureau (NSB) (Tw); National Security Agency (NSA) (USA) | |
| 中国国家航天局 | China National Space Administration (CNSA) | |
| 局中人 | participant; protagonist; a player (in this affair) | |
| 国安局 | abbr. for 國家安全局|国家安全局[Guo2 jia1 An1 quan2 ju2] | |
| 国家海洋局 | State Oceanic Administration (PRC) | |
| 公安局 | public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station) | |
| 海事局 | PRC Maritime Safety Agency | |
| 国土安全局 | Department of Homeland Security (DHS) | |
| 交通管理局 | department of transport | |
| 中国民用航空局 | Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) | |
| 美国地质局 | United States Geological Survey (USGS) | |
| 美国国家航空航天局 | NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, agency of US government | |
| 国家航天局 | China National Space Administration (CNSA) | |
| 中情局 | US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA (abbr. for 中央情報局|中央情报局[Zhong1 yang1 Qing2 bao4 ju2]) | |
| 局外中立 | neutralism | |
| 电报局 | telegraph office | |
| 国内安全保卫局 | Domestic Security Protection Bureau, the department of the Ministry of Public Security res… | |
| 全局性 | global |
Sound family
These characters use 局 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 局 sound part | bureau, office; circumstance, game, situation | |
| 焗 | to bake, to roast; to suffocate; stuffy | |
| 锔 | curium |