務
務 — mu
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 힘쓸 무
- Romanization
- mu
- English
- affairs, business; must, should
- Mandarin
- wù
- Japanese on'yomi
- ム, ブ, ボウ, モウ, モ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- つと.める
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 5
- Newspaper frequency
- #111 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 力 (19, 9 residual)
- Unicode
- U+52D9
How 務 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 務 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 敄, 力.
Korean example words with 務
- 용무用務 Korean gloss: 해야 할 일
- 집무執務 Korean gloss: 사무를 행함
- 번무繁務 Korean gloss: 몹시 바쁜 일
- 격무激務 Korean gloss: 몹시 고된 업무
- 경무警務 Korean gloss: 경찰에 관한 사무
- 본무本務 Korean gloss: 근본이 되는 직무
- 학무學務 Korean gloss: 학사에 관한 사무
- 노무勞務 Korean gloss: 노동에 관련된 사무
- 당무黨務 Korean gloss: 정당의 사무(事務)
- 사무私務 Korean gloss: 개인의 사사로운 일
- 실무實務 Korean gloss: 실제의 업무나 사무
- 성무聖務 Korean gloss: 교회의 성스러운 의무
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 務
- 事務じむ office work; clerical work; administration
- 外務省がいむしょう Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 事務所じむしょ office
- 事務局じむきょく secretariat; executive office
- 専務せんむ special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director
- 業務ぎょうむ business; work; operations
- 常務じょうむ managing director; executive director; routine business
- 総務そうむ general affairs; general business; manager
- 外務がいむ foreign affairs
- 義務ぎむ duty; obligation; responsibility
- 勤務きんむ service; duty; work
- 債務さいむ debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
Other hanja read “무”
Other hanja with radical 力
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