働

work, (kokuji)

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ドウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

はたら.く

Stroke Order

13 / 13

Information

Grade:4

Strokes:13

JLPT:N3

Frequency:417

Vocabulary

ドウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
自働	ジドウ	automatic; intransitive verb
労働運動	ロウドウウンドウ	labour movement; labor movement
労働者	ロウドウシャ	worker; (manual) laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
労働省	ロウドウショウ	Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
労働条件	ロウドウジョウケン	working conditions

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
共働き	ともばたらき	(husband and wife) both working; dual income
働き	はたらき	work; labor; labour; achievement; performance; ability; talent; salary; income; earnings; action; activity; workings; function; operation; movement; motion; conjugation; inflection
働きかける	はたらきかける	to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to pressure; to exert influence on; to seek action from; to begin to work
働き盛り	はたらきざかり	prime of one's working life
働く	はたらく	to work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; to be conjugated

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake

wound, hurt, injure, impair, pain, injury, cut, gash, scar, weak point

collide, brunt, highway, opposition (astronomy), thrust, pierce, stab, prick

heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold

ear, ear (grain), head, crest (wave)

meritorious deed, merit

species, kind, class, variety, seed

warehouse, storehouse

rin, 1/10 sen, 1/10 bu

specialty, exclusive, mainly, solely