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局 - jú

bureau, office; circumstance

bureau, office; circumstance

How to read 局

Click 局 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyin
Englishbureau, office; circumstance
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

局促 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 局势. Please read 局地 one more time.

Common words with this character

cramped; ill at ease
situation; state
local; locally
outside; not connected; external

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 局 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 局促 and 局势 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 局.