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職 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「耳」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 18 strokes ／ Radical「耳」
On
ショクしょく · shoku
Kun
—
Meaning
job; occupation; post

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

耳 "ear" plus 戠 "to mark down"; the duty of listening and recording — hence "post, occupation."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onショクしょくshoku職業しょくぎょう職務しょくむ就職しゅうしょく

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 職業しょくぎょう

    occupation

  • 就職しゅうしょく

    getting a job

More words with this kanji

  • 殉職じゅんしょく
  • 瀆職とくしょく
  • 鳶職とびしょく
  • 錺職かざりしょく
  • 汚職おしょく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

姉(あね)は今年(ことし)、新(あたら)しい職(しょく)に移(うつ)った。

My elder sister moved to a new post this year.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

就職職業職就to tak…業work耳ear耶interr…耿shinin…耽to be…聊a litt…織to wea…色color昃the su…拭wipe食to eat
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 耳Map of reading ショクAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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