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Kotomora

職

post, employment, work

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · grade 5FrequencyTop 500Strokes18

Readings

On'yomi

  • ショク
  • ソク

Kun'yomi

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Nanori

  • もと

Meaning

職 centers on a formal role or occupation: a post, employment, or the work one does in that role.

Most common words using 職

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  • 職場しょくば
    N3

    one's post; place of work; workplace

  • 職しょく
    N3

    job; work; employment; occupation; position

  • 職員しょくいん
    N1

    staff member; employee; worker; personnel

  • 職業しょくぎょう
    N3

    occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling; business

  • 就職しゅうしょく
    N3

    finding employment; getting a job

  • 退職たいしょく
    N2

    retirement; resignation

  • 職人しょくにん
    N3

    craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman

  • 転職てんしょく
    N2

    change of job; change of occupation; career change

  • 職務しょくむ
    N1

    professional duties

  • 辞職じしょく
    N1

    resignation

  • 無職むしょく
    N3

    without an occupation; unemployed; jobless

  • 役職やくしょく
    N1

    post; official position

  • 現職げんしょく

    present post; current office; (an) incumbent

  • 職種しょくしゅ

    type of occupation; occupational category

  • 汚職おしょく
    N1

    corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft

  • 住職じゅうしょく

    chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)

  • 公職こうしょく

    public office

  • 教職員きょうしょくいん

    teaching staff; faculty

  • 離職りしょく

    employment separation; leaving one's job; losing one's job

  • 休職きゅうしょく

    temporary retirement; leave of absence; suspension from office

  • 本職ほんしょく

    principal occupation; main job

  • 内職ないしょく
    N1

    side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; side hustle

  • 求職きゅうしょく

    job hunting; seeking employment

  • 職歴しょくれき
    N1

    work experience; work history

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Etymology

職 combines 耳 (ear) with 戠, which likely contributes the sound and relates to marking or recording. The idea of a post or duty may have developed from the notion of listening and recording in an official capacity.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side is an ear 耳, and the right side 戠 looks like a combination of sound 音 and a weapon 戈. Imagine a person whose job is to listen carefully and record important sounds, like a scribe or official at a post.

Reading mnemonic

For ショク, imagine a shock at work when you get a new post: shock -> ショク, and the ear 耳 hears the surprising news about your employment.