職

job; post; employment; work

18 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 305.

Readings

• ショク (on reading): 職場 (しょくば) one's post; 職 (しょく) job
• ソク (on reading): 有職故実 (ゆうそくこじつ) studies in usages and practices of the ancient court and military households; 有職料理 (ゆうそくりょうり) yūsoku cuisine

Components

• 耳
• 戠
• 戈 radical halberd
• 日 radical sun; day
• 立 radical stand
• 耳 radical ear
• 音 radical sound

Words using 職

• 職場 (しょくば) one's post
• 職 (しょく) job
• 退職 (たいしょく) retirement
• 就職 (しゅうしょく) finding employment
• 職員 (しょくいん) staff member
• 有職故実 (ゆうそくこじつ) studies in usages and practices of the ancient court and military households
• 有職料理 (ゆうそくりょうり) yūsoku cuisine
• 職分田 (しきぶんでん) non-taxable land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryō system)
• 職 (しき) agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryō system)
• 職別工事 (しきべつこうじ) specialist subcontract work (in construction)

348 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists