庁
government office
Readings
On'yomi
- チョウ
- テイ
Kun'yomi
- やくしょ
Meaning
庁 centers on an official administrative building or office, specifically a government office.
Most common words using 庁
24 of 134- 庁ちょうN1
government office; agency; board
- 警視庁けいしちょうN1
Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)
- 気象庁きしょうちょう
(Japanese) Meteorological Agency; JMA
- 省庁しょうちょう
ministries and government offices; the authorities
- 県庁けんちょうN2
prefectural office
- 庁舎ちょうしゃ
government office building
- 国税庁こくぜいちょう
National Tax Agency (Japan)
- 警察庁けいさつちょう
National Police Agency; NPA
- 官庁かんちょうN2
government office; government agency; authorities
- 宮内庁くないちょう
Imperial Household Agency
- 官公庁かんこうちょう
government and municipal offices; public agencies
- 都庁とちょうN1
Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Office)
- 文化庁ぶんかちょう
Agency for Cultural Affairs
- 特許庁とっきょちょう
Patent Office; Patent Agency
- 海上保安庁かいじょうほあんちょう
Japan Coast Guard; JCG
- 検察庁けんさつちょう
Public Prosecutors Office
- 水産庁すいさんちょう
(Japanese) Fisheries Agency
- 消防庁しょうぼうちょう
Fire and Disaster Management Agency
- 防衛庁ぼうえいちょう
Japan Defense Agency (became Ministry of Defense in January 2007)
- 社会保険庁しゃかいほけんちょう
Social Insurance Agency
- 府庁ふちょうN1
prefectural office (of Osaka or Kyoto)
- 資源エネルギー庁しげんエネルギーちょう
Agency of Natural Resources and Energy
- 環境庁かんきょうちょう
Environment Agency
- 林野庁りんやちょう
Forestry Agency
Study
Etymology
庁 is the modern simplified form of 廳. The older form combines 广 (building) with 聽, which likely contributed the sound and the idea of an official hearing place. The modern 丁 shape is a simplification and should not be treated as the original historical component.
Meaning mnemonic
The outer 广 is a building with a roof, and inside is 丁, which looks like a street sign or a nail. Picture a government office building with a sign hanging from a nail: that's the place for official business.
Reading mnemonic
For チョウ, imagine a long line at the government office, and the chief officer named Chou comes out to help: Chou -> チョウ.