職
職 — Post
post, employment, work
On’yomiショク (shoku)
On’yomiソク (soku)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (18 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 職
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 職員 | しょくいん shokuin | staff member; employee; worker |
| 汚職 | おしょく oshoku | corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft |
| 現職 | げんしょく genshoku | present post; current office; (an) incumbent |
| 就職 | しゅうしょく shuushoku | finding employment; getting a job |
| 職業 | しょくぎょう shokugyou | occupation; profession; job |
| 職場 | しょくば shokuba | one's post; place of work; workplace |
Study notes
職 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 18 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 5), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #305 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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