# 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)

## Lookalikes

| 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.