職 – post, employment, work

18 strokesTaught in grade 5#305 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 職 means post, employment, work. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショク、ソク (shoku, soku). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 耳 (no. 128).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショク	shoku
On’yomi	ソク	soku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 耳 (Kangxi radical 128). Components: 音・耳・日・立・戈.

Words using 職

職しょくjob就職しゅうしょくfinding employment職業しょくぎょうoccupation職人しょくにんcraftsman職場しょくばone's post辞職じしょくresignation職員しょくいんstaff member職務しょくむprofessional duties退職たいしょくretirement役職やくしょくpost教職きょうしょくthe teaching profession

Example sentences

職探しはどうなったの？

How is your job hunting going?

Tatoeba #145963

なぜ就職を断られたのか。

Why was I turned down for the job?

Tatoeba #199174

彼の職業は弁護士です。

He is a lawyer by profession.

Tatoeba #116884

Kanji with the same radical

聞聴聖耳聳耽

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