Jisho

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18 strokes
Radical:
ear
Parts:
Variants:
post, employment, work
On:
ショクソク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
305 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 職 【ショク】 job, work, employment, occupation, position, duties, trade, skill
  • 職員 【ショクイン】 staff member, employee, worker, personnel
  • 住職 【ジュウショク】 chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
  • 休職 【キュウショク】 temporary retirement, leave of absence, suspension from office
  • 職 【ショク】 job, work, employment, occupation, position, duties, trade, skill
  • 有職 【ユウショク】 holding a job, being employed, gainful employment, being learned, being knowledgeable, having great artistic talent, being a skilled performer, being well-versed in usages or practices of the court or military households

Readings

Japanese names:
もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi2
Korean:
jig

Spanish

  • puesto
  • empleo
  • ocupación

Portuguese

  • posto
  • emprego
  • trabalho

French

  • poste de travail
  • emploi
  • travail
819 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
743 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
721 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
335 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3718 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
432 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
839 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2734 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
385 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
386 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
513 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1586 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1803 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
960 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1297 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
832 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29183 Morohashi
1425 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4742 New Nelson (John Haig)
824 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
887 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
253 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
823 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3259 2001 Kanji
6e12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-12 SKIP code
1315.0 Four corner code
1-31-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8077 Unicode hex code

2 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
person
Kun:
ひと-り-と
On:
ジンニン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
5 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 人 【ジン】 -ian (e.g. Italian), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite), -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with ..., man, person, people
  • 人為 【ジンイ】 human work, human agency, art, artificiality
  • 米人 【ベイジン】 American person
  • 俳人 【ハイジン】 haiku poet
  • 人 【ニン】 counter for people
  • 人気 【ニンキ】 popularity, public favor, condition (e.g. market), tone, character, nature
  • 同人 【ドウジン】 same person, said person, the person in question, coterie, clique, fraternity, kindred spirits, comrade, colleague, dōjin, doujin, Japanese fans or hobbyists who produce their own magazines, manga, software, etc.
  • 代人 【ダイニン】 substitute, deputy, proxy, representative, agent

Kun reading compounds

  • 人 【ひと】 person, someone, somebody, human beings, mankind, man, people, humans, human (Homo sapiens), (other) people, others, character, personality, nature, capable person, competent person, suitable person, right person, adult, grown-up, I, me, one
  • 人一倍 【ひといちばい】 (much) more than others, exceedingly, extremely, unusually
  • 貴人 【きじん】 aristocrat, nobleman, dignitary, person of high rank
  • いい人 【いいひと】 good-natured person, good person, (one's) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend

Readings

Japanese names:
じ、 と、 ね、 ひこ、 ふみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ren2
Korean:
in

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • pessoa

French

  • être humain
  • personne
30 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
39 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
39 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
9 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
339 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
14 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
1 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
15 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
42 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4175 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2111 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2857 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
960 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
344 Morohashi
3368 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
99 New Nelson (John Haig)
951 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1023 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
7 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1262 2001 Kanji
2a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-4 SKIP code
8000.0 Four corner code
1-31-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4eba Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
texture, skin, body, grain
Kun:
はだ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1559 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 肌骨 【キコツ】 skin and bones
  • 肌膚 【キフ】 skin
  • 雪肌 【ユキハダ】 snow's surface, lily-white skin, fair skin
  • 美肌 【ビハダ】 beautiful skin

Kun reading compounds

  • 肌 【はだ】 skin, body (in the context of intimate bodily contact), surface, grain (e.g. of wood), texture, disposition, temperament, character, type
  • 肌色 【はだいろ】 flesh colour (of a Japanese person), flesh color, pale orange, (one's) skin color, skin colour, skin tone
  • 素肌 【すはだ】 bare skin, naked skin
  • 地肌 【じはだ】 texture, grain, one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.), natural skin, bare skin, scalp, surface of the earth, bare ground, surface of a sword blade

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • textura
  • piel
  • cuero
  • cutis

Portuguese

  • textura
  • pele
  • corpo
  • granulação

French

  • épiderme
  • texture
  • grain
  • corps
1704 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1130 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3726 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1890 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
840 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1306 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1385 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1345 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1021 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1021 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
553 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
731 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
66 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29242 Morohashi
827 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4755 New Nelson (John Haig)
66 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
70 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1079 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3957 2001 Kanji
4b2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-2 SKIP code
7721.0 Four corner code
1-40-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
808c Unicode hex code