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Kotomora

稼

earnings, work, earn money

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes15

Readings

On'yomi

  • カ

Kun'yomi

  • かせ.ぐ

Meaning

稼 centers on productive effort that yields material gain: working to earn money or a living, and the earnings that result from that work.

Most common words using 稼

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  • 稼ぐかせぐ
    N3

    to earn (income); to make (money)

  • 稼げるかせげる

    to work; to earn income

  • 稼ぎかせぎ

    earnings

  • 稼働かどう

    operation (of a machine); running

  • 出稼ぎでかせぎ

    working away from home (esp. abroad)

  • 稼業かぎょう

    trade; business; occupation; profession; job

  • 荒稼ぎあらかせぎ

    making a killing; making easy money

  • 稼働率かどうりつ

    operating rate; utilization rate; occupancy rate; availability factor

  • 共稼ぎともかせぎ
    N1

    (husband and wife) earning a living together

  • フル稼働フルかどう

    full operation (e.g. of a factory, machine, reactor); full strength; full speed

  • 一稼ぎひとかせぎ

    making some money; earning

  • 人気稼業にんきかぎょう

    popular occupation; occupation largely dependent on public favor

  • 全稼働時間ぜんかどうじかん

    busy period

  • 再稼働さいかどう

    restarting; resuming operations (e.g. at a power plant)

  • 出稼ぎ労働者でかせぎろうどうしゃ

    migrant worker; economic nomad

  • 原稿稼ぎげんこうかせぎ

    living on one's writing

  • 夜稼ぎよかせぎ

    night work; burglary

  • 夫婦共稼ぎふうふともかせぎ

    husband and wife both working (for a living); joint breadwinning (by husband and wife)

  • 実稼働状態じつかどうじょうたい

    actual working conditions; field conditions

  • 客室稼働率きゃくしつかどうりつ

    room occupancy ratio; guest room usage rate

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Etymology

稼 combines 禾 (grain) and 家 (house), suggesting the idea of grain stored at home as a result of agricultural work, which extended to earnings and labor in general.

Meaning mnemonic

Grain 禾 piled up at home 家 represents the fruit of hard work: earning a living through labor.

Reading mnemonic

For カ, picture a car (カ) loaded with grain you earned from work, driving it home to your house.