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職
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职
🇨🇳

job

HSK 10 N2
Human →Relations →Occupations
zhí
ショク、ソク
직
Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 戠 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (職)
耳 ear+ 戠 sword =
職 job
耳 Meaning component
ěr ear
戠 Phonetic component
zhī sword
a sword
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Simplified (职)
耳 ear+ 只 only =
职 duty
耳 Meaning component
ěr ear
只 Phonetic component
zhǐ only
variant of 只[zhǐ]
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Notes
Similar Characters
取 take咠 to whisper聂 Nie (surname) (simp)聖 holy (trad/jp)聶 whisper (iii) (trad)佴 a second洱 a lake in Yunnan珥 ear ornament茸 downy铒 erbium (simp)餌 bait (trad/jp)饵 entice (simp)耵 cerumen耷 ears hanging down耸 urge on (simp)耻 humiliation (simp)耽 indulge in聃 ears without rims聆 listen聊 chat
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
职
Regular
Modern
Chinese
职 / 職 [zhí]
office; duty
Japanese
職 しょく 、 そく (old) 同音

noun

  1. job; work; employment; occupation; position
  2. duties
  3. trade; skill
職 しき 同音
noun historical agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryō system)
Korean
직 [職]
Noun
office; A duty or position given to a civil servant, etc., by the government.; job; occupation; A regular activity done for a specific period of time for one's living.; position; One's post or duty.; employment; A word used to mean an occupation or position.
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
職探しはどうなったの？
How is your job hunting going?
CHINESE WORDS (122)
职业 [zhí​yè] #1,420
occupation
职工 [zhí​gōng] #16,426
workers
辞职 [cí​zhí] #2,423
to resign
职责 [zhí​zé] #2,747
duty
职位 [zhí​wèi] #3,283
post
职务 [zhí​wù] #8,146
post
职能 [zhí​néng] #27,140
function
职员 [zhí​yuán] #5,600
office worker
兼职 [jiān​zhí] #7,703
to hold concurrent posts
任职 [rèn​zhí] #13,299
to hold an office or post
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 組織 [そしき] #1,968
organization
⭐ 職業 [しょくぎょう] #4,046
occupation
⭐ 職人 [しょくにん] #4,213
craftsman
⭐ 職員 [しょくいん] #4,431
staff member
⭐ 職場 [しょくば] #5,650
one's post
⭐ 就職 [しゅうしょく] #6,273
finding employment
⭐ 職務 [しょくむ] #7,743
professional duties
職員室 [しょくいんしつ] #9,162
staff room
⭐ 役職 [やくしょく] #10,410
post
⭐ 本職 [ほんしょく] #14,471
principal occupation
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KOREAN WORDS (52)
직장 #6,521
workplace
직원 #6,569
employee
직업 #8,174
occupation; job
취직 #11,495
getting a job
전직 #17,328
being former
퇴직 #21,336
retirement
퇴직금 #30,294
severance pay; retirement allowance
복직 #44,392
reinstatement; return
겸직
additional job; additional post; additional office
공직
official position
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