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局 = 口 + 尸

局 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bureau”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 尸 (corpse). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1147.

Keyword
bureau
RTK frame
1147
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キョク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
つぼね
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
бюро
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
局 bureau

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 尸 corpse

Alternative decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 尸 corpse
  3. 𠃌 clothes hanger

How to find 局 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “corpse”. 局 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 局 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.