Today’s #kanji is 局, which is listed under the radical of #しかばねかんむり. 局 is a compound ideograph made of 尺 (a measuring rule) and 口 (a mouth). By putting a rule to your mouth, you limit your talking…
meaning: to limit, a portion, a room, etc.
reading: キョク、つぼね*
局（キョク）: a bureau, a department
電話局（デンワキョク）: a telephone exchange
放送局（ホウソウキョク）: a broadcasting station
テレビ局（キョク）: a TV station, a TV channel
郵便局（ユウビンキョク）: a post office
局外（キョクガイ）: an external area, an area outside an office’s responsibility
局地（キョクチ）: a locality, a definite place
局番（キョクバン）: a telephone exchange number, a dialing code
局部（キョクブ）: a (limited) part, a section; the affected part; the private parts
局面（キョクメン）: an aspect of an affair, a situation
結局（ケッキョク）: after all, finally, ultimately, in the end
政局（セイキョク）: a/the political situation, politics, the political world
当局（トウキョク）: the authorities
破局（ハキョク）: a collapse, a catastrophe, a cataclysm
Customary Reading
局（つぼね）: an apartment (for a court lady); a court lady, a lady-in-waiting
