Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

111 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: task, duties

Kunyomi: つと.める

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ちから

Meaning: power, force

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

(ぎむ)   duty, obligation

(じむ)   business, office work

(にんむ)   duty, mission, task

(しょくむ)   professional duties

(せきむ)   duty, obligation, responsibility

(せんむ)   managing director

省(がいむしょう)   Department of Foreign Affairs

省(ほうむしょう)   Ministry of Justice

員(こうむいん)   civil servant

する(きんむする)   work for

める(つとめる)   serve, exert oneself [v.t.]

まる(つとまる)   be fit for, function properly [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

ムシ zipper teeth, zip teeth

ムショ prison, jail, slammer, pen

セイム government affairs

ガイム foreign affairs

Kunyomi Examples

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