Kanji
N3 13 strokes Grade 4 freq #417

work, (kokuji)

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

person hito

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

labor; labour
worker
Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
Labour Party; Labor Party
labor union; labour union
working conditions
operation (of a machine); running
Labor Standards Act
labour movement; labor movement
operating rate; utilization rate

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

work; labor
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
to put someone to work; to make someone work
prime of one's working life
to put someone to work; to make someone work
worker; breadwinner
hard worker; hardworking person

Example sentences

This attitude, the Protestant work ethic, still influences Americans today.

We alternated two hours of work and ten minutes of rest.

He has employed ten workers.

All the workers who are lazy must be fired.