办公室 (bàn gōng shì)

Character breakdown

• 办 (bàn) · 4 strokes

  Simplified form of 辦. Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 辡 represents the sound.

• 公 (gōng) · 4 strokes

  Pictograph of a earthen jar for holding liquid, now written as 瓮. The current meaning "public" is a phonetic loan.

• 室 (Shì) · 9 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 至 represents the sound.