shǔ

office

bureau; (Taiwan pr. [shu4]) to sign; to arrange

net (罒) + 者 (者) = office that captures and coordinates

The net radical (罒) evokes a mesh of oversight and organization — capturing people and tasks under one roof. 者 lends the sound shǔ and does not carry meaning here.

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Variant of 网Semantic
PersonPhonetic

他在文件上签了自己的名字。

tā zài wén jiàn shàng qiān shǔ le zì jǐ de míng zì。

He signed his own name on the document.

这件事由警务负责处理。

zhè jiàn shì yóu jǐng wù shǔ fù zé chǔ lǐ。

This matter is handled by the police bureau.

Words with 署

连署

lián shǔ

to cosign

避署

bì shǔ

to go on summer vacation

部署

bù shǔ

to dispose

世界粮食署

shì jiè liáng shi shǔ

World food program (United Nations aid agency)

内政部警政署

nèi zhèng bù jǐng zhèng shǔ

National Police Agency (Tw)

公署

gōng shǔ

government office

地检署

dì jiǎn shǔ

district prosecutor's office

官署

guān shǔ

official institution

审计署

shěn jì shǔ

audit office

布署

bù shǔ

variant of 部署[bu4 shu3]

廉政公署

lián zhèng gōng shǔ

Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong (ICAC)

廉署

lián shǔ

ICAC Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong

More characters with 罒