Kanji N1

就: concerning, settle, take position

就 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning concerning, settle, take position, written with 12 strokes. It is read シュウ, ジュ (on) and つく, つける (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 就任 (しゅうにん, assumption) and 就職 (しゅうしょく, finding employment).

就

Meanings

  • concerning
  • settle
  • take position
  • depart
  • study
  • per
Strokes12
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#624 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シュウ
  • ジュ

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

Kun reading
  • つく
  • つける

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

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Common words with 就

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

  • 就任しゅうにん

    assumption (of office); taking up (a post)

    JLPT N2
  • 就職しゅうしょく

    finding employment; getting a job

    JLPT N3
  • 就業しゅうぎょう

    starting work (for the day)

    JLPT N1
  • 就くつく

    to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.)

    JLPT N3
  • 就労しゅうろう

    working; being employed; being hired

  • 就学しゅうがく

    entering school; school attendance

  • 就寝しゅうしん

    going to bed; retiring (for the night)

  • 去就きょしゅう

    leaving or staying

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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; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.