務 — kanji meaning “task”
務
task, duties
- Meanings
- task, duties
- On'yomi
- ム (mu)
- Kun'yomi
- つと.める
- Name readings
- つかさ、み
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #111 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 19
- Chinese reading
- wù — Chinese character page
Words with 務
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 事務所 | じむしょ jimusho | office |
| 事務 | じむ jimu | office work; clerical work; administration |
| 勤務 | きんむ kinmu | service; duty; work |
| 義務 | ぎむ gimu | duty; obligation; responsibility |
| 任務 | にんむ ninmu | duty; function; office |
| 公務員 | こうむいん koumuin | public employee; government employee; public-sector worker |
| 刑務所 | けいむしょ keimusho | prison; jail; gaol |
| 業務 | ぎょうむ gyoumu | business; work; operations |
| 職務 | しょくむ shokumu | professional duties |
| 務める | つとめる tsutomeru | to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of) |
| 外務省 | がいむしょう gaimushou | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 専務 | せんむ senmu | special duty; being in sole charge of a duty |
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