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署 government office

(net) + 者 (professional) Same-ON
★★☆☆☆
13 strokes
BETA

Onyomi

SHO

I SAW HER OCELOTS at the government office.

Mnemonic

The government office is a net where professional bureaucrats are caught for the day.

Jukugo

警察署(けいさつしょ)

police station ★★☆☆☆
警察 (police) + 署 (government office) = 警察署 (police station)

消防署(しょうぼうしょ)

fire station ☆☆☆☆☆
消 (erase) + 防 (ward off) + 署 (government office) = 消防署 (fire station)

署名(しょめい) する

sign an official document ☆☆☆☆☆ NP
署 (government office) + 名 (name, famous) = 署名 (sign an official document)

to sign an official document.(this sounds useless, but if you go to do any paperwork with the immigration people, they'll give you a form with this word on it)

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Meaning Hint Radical
暑 hot place TWO SUNS 日
署 government office NETS
諸 various TALK 言

The place is hot because it has TWO SUNS.

The govt office is a beureacratic NET.

We TALK about various things.