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職

Employment
Stroke count: 18

Readings

On readingショク
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 5Level 23

Verbs with «職»

就職する退職する転職する

Meanings

  1. employment
  2. postRtK
  3. work
  1. job
  2. occupation
  3. position

Synonyms

仕事職業

Homonyms

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Same reading (しょく)
食 · food

Popular Usage

就職職業職人教職

Radicals and components

Radical耳ear
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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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ear (耳) · kazoo · sound · vase · stand up (立) · sun (日) · day (日) · fiesta

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 887

Compound words

就職しゅうしょく
finding employment; getting a job
職業しょくぎょう
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade
職人しょくにん
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
休職きゅうしょく
temporary retirement; leave of absence; suspension from office
職掌しょくしょう
official duties; office; function
閑職かんしょく
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
就職するしゅうしょくする
to find
汚職おしょく
corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
求職きゅうしょく
job hunting; seeking employment
現職げんしょく
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
公職こうしょく
public office
在職ざいしょく
being in office; holding a position; employment; service
辞職じしょく
resignation
住職じゅうしょく
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
殉職じゅんしょく
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
職員しょくいん
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
職権しょっけん
one's (official) authority; ex-officio authority; power
職場しょくば
one's post; place of work; workplace
職能しょくのう
occupational ability; function; role
職務しょくむ
professional duties
職歴しょくれき
work experience; work history
退職たいしょく
retirement; resignation
転職てんしょく
change of job; change of occupation; career change
内職ないしょく
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; side hustle; homeworking; simple job carried out at home

On Reading Examples

彼は父親のコネのおかげで職を得た。しょく
He got the job by virtue of his father's connections.tatoeba
彼は彼女をほめてその職に就かせた。しょく
He boosted her into the job.tatoeba
彼は大統領の職から強制的に退くべきか。しょく
Ought he to be forced out of the presidency?tatoeba
彼は新聞の広告に応募して職を得た。しょく
He answered an advertisement in the paper and got the job.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は法律を一生の職業にしたいと思っていた。
He wanted to follow law as a career.tatoeba
彼は保険会社に就職した。
He took a job with an insurance company.tatoeba
彼は父親のコネのおかげで職を得た。
He got the job by virtue of his father's connections.tatoeba
彼は病気を理由に辞職した。
He resigned on the grounds of ill health.tatoeba
職業としての能楽師
Nohgakushi as professionwiki
公共職業安定所分室
Detached Office of Public Job Stabilizationwiki
石工衆、石垣職人とも。
The Ano-shu Guild was also referred to as stone masons and stone wall craftsmen.wiki
茶釜を作る職人を釜師という。
A craftsman making chagama is called kamashi (a tea kettle caster).wiki

Stroke Order

18 strokes

Job, post. 耳 (ear) + 戠 (mark) — listening carefully and knowing your work.

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