Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N3

830 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: diligence, become employed, serve

Kunyomi: つと.める -づと.め つと.まる いそ.しむ

Onyomi: キン ゴン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ちから

Meaning: power, force

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

(やきん)   night shift

(けっきん)   absence (from work)

賞(かいきんしょう)   prize for perfect attendance

勉な(きんべんな)   diligent

務する(きんむする)   work [v.i.]

する(つうきんする)   commute to work

する(てんきんする)   transfer [v.i.]

行(ごんぎょう)   Buddhist religious service

める(つとめる)   work (for), exert oneself

会社め(かいしゃづとめ)   to serve in a company [n.]

Onyomi Examples

キンベン diligent, hard-working, industrious

キンゾク continuous service

非常 ヒジョウキン part-time work

ジョウキン full-time employment

ゴンギョウ religious service

行時報係 ゴンギョウジホウガカリ muezzin

Kunyomi Examples

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)

しむ いそしむ to work hard at, to devote oneself to, to be diligent in