働 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. はたらく。生産活動に従事する。
  2. はたらき。機能、作用。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「人」 + 音符「動」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

work, (kokuji)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ドウElem.
Kun (native)
  • はたら(く)Elem.
Other languages
  • 拼音dong4
  • 한글dong
  • Hán-ViệtĐộng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 3
Unicode
U+50CD

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻動

Words using this kanji

  • 働きはたらき「はたらき」を参照。work, labor, labour, achievement
  • 働かせるはたらかせるto put someone to work, to make someone work, to use, to apply
  • 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
  • 働き盛りはたらきざかりprime of one's working life
  • 働き手はたらきてworker, breadwinner, supporter, able person
  • 働き者はたらきものhard worker, hardworking person
  • 働き口はたらきぐちposition, job, employment, opening
  • 働くはたらくはたらく参照。to work, to labor, to labour, to function
  • 働かすはたらかすto put someone to work, to make someone work
  • 働き人はたらきびとworker, good worker
  • 働き蜂はたらきばちworker bee, hard worker
  • 働き方はたらきかたwork style, way of working
  • 働き振りはたらきぶりway of working, discharge of duty
  • 働き中毒はたらきちゅうどくworkaholic
  • 働きアリはたらきありworker ant, hard worker
  • 働きすぎはたらきすぎoveractivity, overwork
  • 働き出すはたらきだすto start working, to take action
  • 働き通すはたらきとおすto work straight through without stopping
  • 働きづめはたらきづめincessant working, working non-stop
  • 働きかけはたらきかけpressure, encouragement, urging, promoting

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(248 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-11
Four Corner
2422.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a11.1
Heisig
1809
Nelson
532