働 — kanji meaning “work”
働
work, (kokuji)
- Meanings
- work, (kokuji)
- On'yomi
- ドウ (dou)
- Kun'yomi
- はたら.く
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #417 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 9
- Chinese reading
- dòng
Words with 働
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 労働 | ろうどう roudou | labor; labour; work |
| 働き | はたらき hataraki | work; labor; labour |
| 稼働 | かどう kadou | operation (of a machine); running |
| 労働省 | ろうどうしょう roudoushou | Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) |
| 共働き | ともばたらき tomobataraki | (husband and wife) both working; dual income |
| 労働党 | ろうどうとう roudoutou | Labour Party; Labor Party |
| 働く | はたらく hataraku | to work; to labor; to labour |
| 働き者 | はたらきもの hatarakimono | hard worker; hardworking person |
| 働き手 | はたらきて hatarakite | worker; breadwinner; supporter |
| 働かせる | はたらかせる hatarakaseru | to put someone to work; to make someone work |
| 重労働 | じゅうろうどう juuroudou | heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work |
| 実働 | じつどう jitsudou | actual work |
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