Hanja Analyzer
職

職 — jik

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
직분 직
Romanization
jik
English
duty, profession; office, post
Mandarin
zhí
Japanese on'yomi
ショク, シキ, トク, ドク, ヨキ, ヨク, シ
Japanese kun'yomi
つかさ つかさどる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#305 of 2,500
Strokes
18
Radical
耳 (128, 12 residual)
Unicode
U+8077

Parts that make up 職

  • 耳 귀 이 귀귀와 듣는 일
  • 戠 창과 소리를 나타내는 부분‘직·시’ 계열의 소리

How 職 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 職 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 耳, 戠.

Korean example words with 職

  • 무직武職 Korean gloss: 무관의 벼슬
  • 문직文職 Korean gloss: 문관의 벼슬
  • 성직聖職 Korean gloss: 거룩한 직분
  • 유직有職 Korean gloss: 직업이 있음
  • 직차職次 Korean gloss: 직책의 차례
  • 직품職品 Korean gloss: 벼슬의 품계
  • 영직榮職 Korean gloss: 영예로운 관직
  • 직분職分 Korean gloss: 직무상의 본분
  • 직책職責 Korean gloss: 직무상의 책임
  • 본직本職 Korean gloss: 주가 되는 직업
  • 직임職任 Korean gloss: 직무상 맡은 임무
  • 현직顯職 Korean gloss: 높고 중요한 직위

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 職

  • 職員しょくいん staff member; employee; worker
  • 汚職おしょく corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
  • 就職しゅうしょく finding employment; getting a job
  • 職業しょくぎょう occupation; profession; job
  • 職場しょくば one's post; place of work; workplace
  • 現職げんしょく present post; current office; (an) incumbent
  • 辞職じしょく resignation
  • 退職たいしょく retirement; resignation
  • 無職むしょく without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
  • 職しょく job; work; employment
  • 職務しょくむ professional duties
  • 管理職かんりしょく management; managerial position; administrative post

Other hanja read “직”

Other hanja with radical 耳

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