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Kanji Detail for 勤 - "to work, diligence"

勤

  • Meaning

    勤 means "to work, diligence." Also associated with duty.

    1. To work - To serve; be employed; perform duties.

    2. Duty - Work; responsibility; role.

  • 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

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    • Verified meaning: to work, diligence
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いそし, つとむ, つとめ)
    • Also carries these associations: duty

    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

    work; serve

  • Onyomi

    tip

    gon(ゴン) ゴン

    kin(キン) キン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsuto.maru(つと-まる) つと-まる

    tsuto.meru(つと-める) つと-める

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    力 (chikara)

  • Related Keywords

    to work duty diligence assiduous attentive committed conscientious dedicated determined disciplined earnest effort hardworking industrious perseverance persistent responsible serve service steadfast tireless zealous

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.

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