勤
on duty; diligence; become employed; serve
12 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 830.
Readings
- キン (on reading): 勤務 (きんむ) service; 退勤 (たいきん) leaving work
- つとめる (kun reading): 勤める (つとめる) to work (for, at, in); 勤め (つとめ) service
- いそしむ (kun reading): 勤しむ (いそしむ) to work hard at; 仕事に勤しむ (しごとにいそしむ) to be assiduous in one's business
- ゴン (on reading): 勤行 (ごんぎょう) religious service; 勤求 (ごんぐ) inquiring the Buddha way
- づとめ (kun reading): 奥勤め (おくづとめ) serving as maid in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period); 会社勤め (かいしゃづとめ) working for a company
- つとまる (kun reading): 勤まらない (つとまらない) unfit for
Components
- 菫
- 力
- 一 radical one
- 二 radical two
- 力 radical power
- 口 radical mouth
- 土 radical earth
- ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸
Kanji containing 勤
- 懃 courtesy
Words using 勤
- 勤務 (きんむ) service
- 退勤 (たいきん) leaving work
- 出勤 (しゅっきん) going to work
- 通勤 (つうきん) commuting to work
- 勤勉 (きんべん) diligent
- 勤める (つとめる) to work (for, at, in)
- 勤め (つとめ) service
- 勤め口 (つとめぐち) position
- 勤め先 (つとめさき) place of work
- 勤め上げる (つとめあげる) to serve out one's apprenticeship
- 勤しむ (いそしむ) to work hard at
- 仕事に勤しむ (しごとにいそしむ) to be assiduous in one's business
- 勤行 (ごんぎょう) religious service
- 勤求 (ごんぐ) inquiring the Buddha way
- 勤行時報係 (ごんぎょうじほうがかり) muezzin
- 奥勤め (おくづとめ) serving as maid in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
- 会社勤め (かいしゃづとめ) working for a company
- 勤まらない (つとまらない) unfit for
147 words in all.