Kanji N3

職: post, employment, work

職 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning post, employment, work, written with 18 strokes. It is read ショク, ソク (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 職業 (しょくぎょう, occupation) and 職 (しょく, job).

職

Meanings

  • post
  • employment
  • work
Strokes18
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#305 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ショク
  • ソク

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 18. Start at the dot.

Common words with 職

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 職業しょくぎょう

    occupation; profession; job; vocation; career

    JLPT N3
  • 職しょく

    job; work; employment; occupation; position

    JLPT N3
  • 就職しゅうしょく

    finding employment; getting a job

    JLPT N3
  • 職員しょくいん

    staff member; employee; worker; personnel

    JLPT N1
  • 辞職じしょく

    resignation

    JLPT N1
  • 退職たいしょく

    retirement; resignation

    JLPT N1
  • 職務しょくむ

    professional duties

    JLPT N1
  • 職人しょくにん

    craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman

    JLPT N2

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.