Japanese symbol for “workforce”
雇用可能人口
こようかのうじんこう
Romaji: koyoukanoujinkou
workforce; work force; labor force; labour force
In Japanese, workforce is 雇用可能人口, read こようかのうじんこう (koyoukanoujinkou).
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Meanings
- n workforce; work force; labor force; labour force
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “workforce”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 稼働人口 | かどうじんこう kadoujinkou | manpower; workforce |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雇用 | こよう koyou | employment; hire |
| 解雇 | かいこ kaiko | dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing |
| 雇う | やとう yatou | to employ; to hire; to take on |
| 雇い主 | やといぬし yatoinushi | employer |
| 雇い | やとい yatoi | employee; employment |
| 日雇い | ひやとい hiyatoi | daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer |
| 使用 | しよう shiyou | use; application; employment |
| 利用 | りよう riyou | use; utilization; utilisation |
| 可能 | かのう kanou | possible; potential; practicable |
| 機能 | きのう kinou | function; facility; faculty |
| 人間 | にんげん ningen | human being; human; person |
| 人口 | じんこう jinkou | population |
See also: Chinese symbol for “workforce”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.