Japanese symbol for “secretariat”
事務局
じむきょく
Romaji: jimukyoku
secretariat; executive office
In Japanese, secretariat is 事務局, read じむきょく (jimukyoku).
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Meanings
- n secretariat; executive office
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “secretariat”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 書記局 | しょききょく shokikyoku | secretariat |
| 中書省 | ちゅうしょしょう chuushoshou | Secretariat (Tang dynasty China) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仕事 | しごと shigoto | work; job; labor |
| 事件 | じけん jiken | event; affair; incident |
| 記事 | きじ kiji | article; news story; report |
| 事業 | じぎょう jigyou | business; enterprise; venture |
| 事故 | じこ jiko | accident; incident; trouble |
| 事実 | じじつ jijitsu | fact; truth; reality |
| 事務所 | じむしょ jimusho | office |
| 事務 | じむ jimu | office work; clerical work; administration |
| 結局 | けっきょく kekkyoku | after all; in the end; ultimately |
See also: Chinese symbol for “secretariat”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.