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勤

勤 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. つとめる。こまめに働く。
  2. (日本)就業する。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「力」+音符「堇」。「つとめる」を意味する漢語｛勤｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

diligence, become employed, serve

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キンElem.
  • ゴンHS
Kun (native)
  • つと(める)Elem.
  • 〜づと(め)
  • つと(まる)Elem.
  • いそ(しむ)
Other languages
  • 拼音qin2
  • 한글geun
  • Hán-ViệtCần

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

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
力(ちから)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+52E4

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰堇力

Words using this kanji

  • 勤務きんむ会社・役所などに出向いて仕事をすること。また、その仕事。service, duty, work
  • 勤労きんろう心身を使い仕事に励むこと。 賃金を貰い一定の仕事をすること。labor, labour, exertion, diligent service
  • 勤労者きんろうしゃ勤労により得られる所得によって生活する者。worker
  • 勤めつとめつとめを参照。service, duty, business, responsibility
  • 勤勉きんべん懸命に励む様子。diligent, hard-working, industrious
  • 勤め先つとめさきplace of work
  • 勤続きんぞく同じ勤務先に続けて勤めること。continuous service
  • 勤めるつとめるつとめる参照to work (for, at, in), to be employed (at), to serve (as), to finish (a term)
  • 勤務時間きんむじかんoffice hours, business hours, working hours
  • 勤め人つとめにんoffice worker, salaried worker, white-collar worker
  • 勤王きんのう天子、天皇に忠義を尽くすこと。勤皇。loyalty to the Emperor (especially during the late Edo period movement to overthrow the shogunate)
  • 勤求ごんぐ勤めて仏の教えを求めること。inquiring the Buddha way
  • 勤苦きんく非常に難儀すること。労苦。toil and hardship
  • 勤倹きんけん勤勉で無駄遣いをしないよう努めること。industry, diligence, frugality
  • 勤行ごんぎょう仏前で読経などをすること。 仏道を修行すること。religious service
  • 勤惰きんだ勤めることと怠けること。出勤と欠勤。diligence and indolence, attendance and absence (at work)
  • 勤怠きんたい勤めることと怠けること。出勤と欠勤。diligence and indolence, attendance and absence (at work)
  • 勤番きんばん交代で当番を勤めること。 江戸時代、大名の家臣が江戸や大阪などの屋敷に交代で勤めること。taking turns on duty, being on duty at a daimyo's residence in Edo or Osaka
  • 勤恪きんかく謹み、勤めること。faithful service
  • 勤学きんがく勉学に努め励むこと。studying while working

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-10-2
Four Corner
4412.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2g10.1
Heisig
1700
Nelson
732