庁 — kanji meaning “government office”
庁
government office
- Meanings
- government office
- On'yomi
- チョウ (chou)、テイ (tei)
- Kun'yomi
- やくしょ
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #793 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 53
- Chinese reading
- tīng
Words with 庁
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 警視庁 | けいしちょう keishichou | Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo) |
| 県庁 | けんちょう kenchou | prefectural office |
| 官庁 | かんちょう kanchou | government office; government agency; authorities |
| 都庁 | とちょう tochou | Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Office) |
| 気象庁 | きしょうちょう kishouchou | (Japanese) Meteorological Agency; JMA |
| 省庁 | しょうちょう shouchou | ministries and government offices; the authorities |
| 警察庁 | けいさつちょう keisatsuchou | National Police Agency; NPA |
| 庁舎 | ちょうしゃ chousha | government office building |
| 宮内庁 | くないちょう kunaichou | Imperial Household Agency |
| 国税庁 | こくぜいちょう kokuzeichou | National Tax Agency (Japan) |
| 文化庁 | ぶんかちょう bunkachou | Agency for Cultural Affairs |
| 官公庁 | かんこうちょう kankouchou | government and municipal offices; public agencies |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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