Level IV of XX on the frequency path
Frequency rank 478 / 2,608
Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.
More common than 米 (Rice), less common than 除 (Exclude).
A flag (flag) waves on the outer left while a mouth (mouth) sits on the inner right — behind the flag-draped walls, mouths discuss official matters at the bureau.
局 is rank 478 of 2,608 in published Japanese.
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