Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
power, force
Parts:
Variants:
diligence, become employed, serve
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
830 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 勤勉 【キンベン】 diligent, hard-working, industrious
  • 勤続 【キンゾク】 continuous service
  • 非常勤 【ヒジョウキン】 part-time work
  • 常勤 【ジョウキン】 full-time employment
  • 勤行 【ゴンギョウ】 religious service
  • 勤行時報係 【ゴンギョウジホウガカリ】 muezzin

Kun reading compounds

  • 勤める 【つとめる】 to work (for), to be employed (at), to serve (in), to serve (as), to act (as), to fill (the position of), to play the role (of), to conduct a religious service
  • 務まる 【つとまる】 to be fit (for a role), to be qualified (for), to be equal (to a task), to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
  • 勤しむ 【いそしむ】 to work hard at, to devote oneself to, to be diligent in

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qin2
Korean:
geun

Spanish

  • tarea
  • trabajo
  • deber
  • servicio diario
  • servir
  • desempeñar un cargo
  • ser adecuado para

Portuguese

  • diligência
  • tornar-se empregado
  • servir

French

  • assiduité
  • application
  • travailler
  • être employé
762 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
853 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
842 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
750 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
732 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
726 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
376 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1698 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.10 Japanese for Busy People
559 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
568 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
525 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
223 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2287 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1182 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1613 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1591 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2415P Morohashi
1818 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
552 New Nelson (John Haig)
1577 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1700 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
941 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1945 2001 Kanji
2g10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-2 SKIP code
4412.7 Four corner code
1-22-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
52e4 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Variants:
lazy, laziness
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2336 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 惰性 【ダセイ】 force of habit, inertia
  • 惰気 【ダキ】 indolence, listlessness
  • 懶惰 【ランダ】 indolence, laziness, sloth, idleness
  • 遊惰 【ユウダ】 indolence

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
duo4
Korean:
ta

Spanish

  • pereza
  • descuido
  • vaguear
  • descuidar

Portuguese

  • preguiçoso
  • ociosidade

French

  • paresse
1540 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1978 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1727 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1714 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1305 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1743 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1866 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1460 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
823 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
706 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
424 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
531 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
636 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10855 Morohashi
579 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1921 New Nelson (John Haig)
629 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
676 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1534 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1146 2001 Kanji
4k9.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
9402.7 Four corner code
1-34-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
60f0 Unicode hex code