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Kanji Detail for 働 - "to work, function"

  • Meaning

    働 means "to work, function."

    1. Work - To labor; to toil; to be employed.

    2. Performance - Work quality; behavior; function.

    3. Operation - Action; effect; activity.

  • Words using

    • 労働 ろうどう Listen labor; labour; work
    • 労働者 ろうどうしゃ Listen worker; (manual) laborer; labourer
    • 労働党 ろうどうとう Listen Labour Party; Labor Party
    • 労働省 ろうどうしょう Listen Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
    • 働き はたらき Listen work; labor; labour
    • 労働組合 ろうどうくみあい Listen labor union; labour union; trade union
    • 稼働 かどう Listen operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money)
    • 労働条件 ろうどうじょうけん Listen working conditions
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    • Verified meaning: to work, function
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read どうざき, はたらき)

    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

    Surnames (どうざき)Listen (はたらき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    work; (kokuji)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    labor; work

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (Japanese kokuji) labor; work
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • They made him work from morning till night.

  • If he will not work hard , he will be fired.

  • I'm very tired from working all day.

  • Work as hard as you can.

  • He worked and worked until he fell ill.

  • I wanted to work this summer.

  • My father and my brother work in this factory.

  • I work for a hospital.

  • Although he is rich he works very hard.

  • He is a really good worker.

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