職

post, employment, work

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ショクソク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Nanori (名乗り)

もと

Stroke Order

18 / 18

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:18

JLPT:N3

Frequency:305

Vocabulary

ショク

Word	Reading	Meaning
汚職	オショク	corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
管理職	カンリショク	management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
休職	キュウショク	temporary retirement; leave of absence; suspension from office
求職	キュウショク	job hunting; seeking employment
教職員	キョウショクイン	teaching staff; faculty

ソク

Word	Reading	Meaning
有職	ユウソク	holding a job; being employed; gainful employment; being learned; being knowledgeable; having great artistic talent; being a skilled performer; being well-versed in usages or practices of the court or military households
有職故実	ユウソクコジツ	studies in usages and practices of the ancient court and military households
有職料理	ユウソクリョウリ	yūsoku cuisine; banquet cuisine based on that of Heian-period nobility

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
職別	しきべつ	distinction; discrimination; discernment; identification
職	しょく	job; work; employment; occupation; position; duties; trade; skill
職	そく	job; work; employment; occupation; position; duties; trade; skill
職権	しょっけん	one's (official) authority; ex-officio authority; power
職場	しょくば	one's post; place of work; workplace

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

discriminating, know, write

boundary, border, region

darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded

recollection, think, remember

appear, existing

blame, condemn, censure

waterfall, rapids, cascade

hinder, hurt, harm