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就

concerning
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingシュウ、ジュ
Kun readingつ.く、つ.ける
JōyōGrade 6
  1. to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.)
  2. to assume
  3. to be hired
  4. to be employed
  5. to ascend (the throne)

Popular Usage

就職就任

Radicals and components

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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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capital · tall · top hat (亠) · mouth (口) · small (小) · little (小) · understandably · chihuahua with one human leg

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2121

Compound words

就職しゅうしょく
finding employment; getting a job
就任しゅうにん
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
就くつく
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to be hired; to be employed; to ascend (the throne)
就職するしゅうしょくする
to find
去就きょしゅう
leaving or staying; (one's) course of action; (one's) position; (one's) attitude
就学しゅうがく
entering school; school attendance
就業しゅうぎょう
employment; starting work
就航しゅうこう
entering service (on a route; of a plane or ship); going into commission; being in service
就寝しゅうしん
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
就労しゅうろう
working; being employed; being hired
成就じょうじゅ
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
就活しゅうかつ
job hunting; job searching
就いてついて
about; concerning; as to; regarding
就蓐しゅうじょく
going to bed
に就きにつき
because of
に就てについて
about
就けるつける
to install (a king, emperor, etc.)
に就いてについて
about
就いてはついては
in line with this
就学義務しゅうがくぎむ
compulsory school attendance
就学年齢しゅうがくねんれい
school age
就職斡旋しゅうしょくあっせん
job placement
就任するしゅうにんする
to assumption
成就するじょうじゅする
to fulfill; to accomplish

Additional Examples

彼は二年前に就任した。
He took office two years ago.tatoeba
彼は東京銀行へ就職の願書を出した。
He applied for a job with the Bank of Tokyo.tatoeba
天台座主に就任。
He was appointed as Tendai-zasu (head priest of the Tendai sect).wiki
同年関白に就任。
He was appointed Kanpaku (chief adviser to the Emperor) in the same year.wiki

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

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