きょく
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. bureau; department
2. office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); channel; exchange
3. affair; situation
Counter
Noun
Suffix
4. game (of go, shogi, etc.)
Kanji used
bureau
Pitch accent
きょ
Top 6200
Used in vocabulary (136 in total)
bureau director; office chief
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
(playing) a game of go, shogi or chess, etc.
Examples (3 in total)
Where is the Tokyo patent office?
The weather bureau stationed personnel on the island.
I received word from the local fire station.