働 ((kokuji), work) - Kanji Codex

働

(kokuji), work

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ドウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

はたら.く

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:4

Strokes:13

JLPT:3

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

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storehouse, warehouse

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