署 (cyu5 | shu3 ) : public office

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署

cyu5

shu3

[1] public office; government department
[2] arrange; make arrangements for
[3] sign; put one's signature to
[4] act as deputy; handle by proxy

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: 网 (#122)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

署

Don't confuse with:
暑

This word has been viewed 7770 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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郵政署 jau4 zing3 cyu5 you2 zheng4 shu3 = Post Office

部署 bou6 cyu5 bu4 shu3 = to dispose; to deploy

警署 ging2 cyu5 = police station 粵

簽署 cim1 cyu5 qian1 shu3 = to sign (an agreement)

署名 cyu5 meng2 shu3 ming2 = to sign; to put one's signature to paper

總署 zung2 cyu5 zong3 shu3 = departmental headquarters

屋宇署 uk1 jyu5 cyu5 wu1 yu3 shu3 = Buildings Department

懲教署 cing4 gaau3 cyu5 = Correctional Services Department

房屋署 fong4 uk1 cyu5 = Housing Department

教署 gaau3 cyu5 = shortened form of 教育署
See all 40 compounds (CantoDict reports 42 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 署
Unicode code for this character: U+7f72 (off-site link)

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