局

jú

office; bureau; department; situation; state of affairs; game or set (of chess, Go etc); gathering; scheme; trap; classifier for games; (literary) narrow; limited

Radical: 尸 HSK 4 n, qv ideographic

Components & Etymology

局 decomposes into the following components:

尺 口

Words containing 局

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 局.

世局
shì jú
the situation (e.g. political)
中局
zhōng jú
middle game (in go or chess)
书局
shū jú
book store
乱局
luàn jú
了局
liǎo jú
end
僵局
jiāng jú
impasse
入局
rù jú
全局
quán jú
overall situation
出局
chū jú
to send off (player for a foul)
分局
fēn jú
sub-bureau
危局
wēi jú
perilous situation
变局
biàn jú
turbulent situation

Related characters (radical 尸)

Characters that share the radical 尸.

㐆 尸 尹 尺 尻 尼 尽 尾 尿 屁 层 屃 屄 屆 屈 屉 届 屋 屌 屍 屎 屐 屑 展

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