One of the best Japanese Kanji dictionary.

Share this page

Kanji Detail for 勤 - "diligent, to work, duty"

勤

  • Meaning

    勤 means "diligent, to work, duty."

    1. Work - To be employed; to serve.

    2. Diligent - Working hard; industrious.

    3. Duty - A responsibility; a job.

  • Words using 勤

    • 勤務 きんむ Listen service; duty; work
    • 通勤 つうきん Listen commuting to work
    • 勤労 きんろう Listen labor; labour; exertion
    • 転勤 てんきん Listen job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
    • 出勤 しゅっきん Listen going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work)
    • 勤労者 きんろうしゃ Listen worker
    • 非常勤 ひじょうきん Listen part-time work
    • 勤め つとめ Listen service; duty; business

  • Four-character idioms with 勤

    • 勤倹力行 きんけんりっこう Listen work hard and practice frugality
    • 勤王攘夷 きんのうじょうい Listen loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners
    • 精励恪勤 せいれいかっきん Listen assiduousness; attending diligently to one's study or duties

  • Tattoo check: 勤

    • Verified meaning: diligent, to work, duty
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いそし, つとむ, つとめ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 勤

    Given names 勤(いそし)Listen 勤(つとむ)Listen

    Surnames 勤(つとめ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    diligence; become employed; serve

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    industrious, diligent, attentive

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    diligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant; (bound form) work; duty; attendance

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    industrious, diligent, attentive

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Laborious. Devoting one's heart and effort without slacking or tiring is called 勤. Such as 勤學 (diligent study), like today's saying "working hard." | 殷勤: Meaning being thoroughly attentive to show hospitality. Also written as 慇懃.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    gon(ゴン) ゴン

    kin(キン) キン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    duto.me(でゅと-め) でゅと-め

    iso.shimu(いそ-しむ) いそ-しむ

    tsuto.maru(つと-まる) つと-まる

    tsuto.meru(つと-める) つと-める

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    力 (chikara)

  • Related Keywords

    work diligent duty serve dedication devotion diligence effort employment hard-working industrious job labor occupation perseverance service toil

Sentences including 勤

  • You had better not smoke while on duty.

  • Tom is the most diligent student in class.

  • I am on duty now.

  • He is an industrious student.

  • She has an uncle who works in a bank.

  • Who do you work for?

  • Mr smith is now on duty.

  • My father works for a bank.

  • Don't smoke while you are on duty.

  • He is not so diligent as he used to be.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

More kanji with the radical 力 (chikara)

See all kanji with this radical →

Share This Page

Share this link via

Or copy link