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働

work
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingドウ
Kun readingはたら.く
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 4

Meanings

  1. workRtK
  2. (kokuji)
  1. to work
  2. to labor
  3. to labour
  4. to function
  5. to operate

Popular Usage

働く

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · move · heavy · thousand · ri · computer · power (力) · muscle (力) · arnold

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1809

Compound words

働くはたらく
to work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate
働きはたらき
work; labor; labour; achievement; performance
稼働かどう
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; activity
労働ろうどう
labor; labour; work; Labour Party
共働きともばたらき
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
働き口はたらきぐち
position; job; employment; opening
働き者はたらきもの
hard worker; hardworking person
労働者ろうどうしゃ
worker; (manual) laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
労働省ろうどうしょう
Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
労働党ろうどうとう
Labour Party; Labor Party
労働力ろうどうりょく
labor; labour; manpower; working force
働き手はたらきて
worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man
稼働率かどうりつ
operating rate; utilization rate; occupancy rate; availability factor
働き盛りはたらきざかり
prime of one's working life
労働運動ろうどううんどう
labour movement; labor movement
労働条件ろうどうじょうけん
working conditions
労働組合ろうどうくみあい
labor union; labour union; trade union
働かせるはたらかせる
to put someone to work; to make someone work; to use; to apply; to exert
働きかけるはたらきかける
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to pressure; to exert influence on
労働基準法ろうどうきじゅんほう
Labor Standards Act
自働じどう
automatic
下働きしたばたらき
subordinate work
軽労働けいろうどう
light labor
自働化じどうか
automation

Additional Examples

彼は福祉事務所で働いている。
He works at the welfare office.tatoeba
彼は病気のために働けなかった。
Illness prevented him from doing his work.tatoeba
彼は病院で働きたい。
He wants to work in a hospital.tatoeba
彼は非常に熱心に働いたので成功した。
He worked so hard that he succeeded.tatoeba
各地で機械工として働く。
He worked in various places in Japan as a machinist.wiki
菊之助と共に恐喝と窃盗を働く。
He committed blackmail and a theft with Kikunosuke.wiki

Stroke Order

13 strokes

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