Kanji
N1 15 strokes Grade 8 freq #1264

earnings, work, earn money

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

grain nogi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

operation (of a machine); running
operating rate; utilization rate
trade; business

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

working away from home (esp. abroad)
earnings
(husband and wife) earning a living together
to earn (income); to make (money)
making a killing; making easy money

Example sentences

It has become common practise to employ foreigners working abroad from Asian countries as maids.

It was difficult to live on his meager earnings.

I need to find a better job on the double to pay my bills.

Many families now have two breadwinners with both husbands and wives working.