Kanji 勤: "diligence, become employed, serve"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 勤

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 勤つとめるto work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to serve (as) · to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to serve out (e.g. an apprenticeship)
• 勤きん務むservice; duty; work
• 出しゅっ勤きんgoing to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work
• 勤つとめservice; duty; business; responsibility · Buddhist religious services
• 勤いそしむto work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
• 勤きん勉べんdiligent; hard-working; industrious
• お勤つとめone's business · reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha
• 通つう勤きんcommuting to work
• 転てん勤きんjob transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
• 夜や勤きんnight duty; night shift; night work
• 勤つとめ先さきplace of work
• 勤きん務む時じ間かんoffice hours; business hours; working hours

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