庁 means “government agency”

ちょう · chou

Also: government office

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

やくしょ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

チョウ, テイ

JLPT N2 · Taught in grade 6 · 5 strokes

The story

Under a broad roof (广), a nail (丁) driven home: picture an office built to last. 庁 is a government agency: the 県庁 runs a prefecture, the 気象庁 issues weather warnings, and Tokyo's twin-towered 都庁 has free observation decks.

Used in 県庁 (kenchou, prefectural office), 都庁 (tochou, Tokyo Metropolitan Government), and 気象庁 (kishouchou, Japan Meteorological Agency)

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