庁
庁 — Government office
government office
On’yomiチョウ (chou)
On’yomiテイ (tei)
Kun’yomiやくしょ (yakusho)
Stroke order (5 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 庁
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 警視庁 | けいしちょう keishichou | Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo) |
| 環境庁 | かんきょうちょう kankyouchou | Environment Agency |
| 省庁 | しょうちょう shouchou | ministries and government offices; the authorities |
| 防衛庁 | ぼうえいちょう boueichou | Japan Defense Agency (became Ministry of Defense in January 2007) |
| 警察庁 | けいさつちょう keisatsuchou | National Police Agency; NPA |
| 庁 | ちょう chou | government office; agency; board |
Study notes
庁 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 5 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 6), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #793 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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