働く （はたらく） to work, to labor, to labour, to function, to operate, to be effective, to work (i.e. ... works), to come into play, to commit (e.g. a crime), to perpetrate, to do, to act, to practise, to practice, to be conjugated
Kanji
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4
JLPT level: N3
417 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 13
Meaning: work, (kokuji)
Kunyomi: はたら.く
Onyomi: ドウ
Composition: 亻 動
働
Radical
Radical: 人
Reading: にんべん
Meaning: man, human
Strokes: 2
人
Examples
Examples with audio
労働（ろうどう）labor
稼働する（かどうする）operate (e.g. machine)
働く（はたらく）work [v.i.]
下働き（したばたらき）assistant job
共働き（ともばたらき）dual income
Onyomi Examples
実働 （ジツドウ） actual work
就働 （シュウドウ） being employed, working
Kunyomi Examples
働く （はたらく） to work, to labor, to labour, to function, to operate, to be effective, to work (i.e. ... works), to come into play, to commit (e.g. a crime), to perpetrate, to do, to act, to practise, to practice, to be conjugated