漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
働: work
JLPT N313 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
亻 carries the meaning · 動 gives the sound
13 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ドウdou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 労働ろうどうlabor
- 稼働するかどうするoperate (e.g. machine)
- 稼働かどう
- 労働者ろうどうしゃworker
はたらくhataraku · kun'yomi · on its own
- 働くはたらくwork [v.i.]
- 下働きしたばたらきassistant job
- 共働きともばたらきdual income
- 働きはたらきwork; labor; labour
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)人 (meaning) + 動 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 働 (rev. 92199939), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Person (亻) + move (動) = a human being applying their power to create movement or results; the very essence of working.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side働 work · 亻
vs勲 meritorious deed · 灬In ChineseMade in Japan, no Chinese counterpart
働 is a kokuji, a kanji created in Japan. Chinese has no standard counterpart.
Unihan lists the reading dòng for it.
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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