Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

624 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: concerning, settle, take position, depart, study, per

Kunyomi: つ.く つ.ける

Onyomi: シュウ ジュ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: だいのまげあし

Meaning: lame

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

業時間(しゅうぎょうじかん)   working hours

職する(しゅうしょくする)   find employment

任する(しゅうにんする)   assume office, be inaugurated

航する(しゅうこうする)   go into operation (ship, plane)

学する(しゅうがくする)   enter school, attend school

労する(しゅうろうする)   go to work, be at work

する(じょうじゅする)   realize, complete

ける(つける)   put, place [v.t.]

く(つく)   take (a job) [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

シュウギョウ employment, starting work

シュウガク entering school, school attendance

キョシュウ leaving or staying, (one's) course of action, (one's) position, (one's) attitude

進退去 シンタイキョシュウ one's course of action, deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the present position or leaving it

本懐成 ホンカイジョウジュ realization of a great ambition, attainment of one's most cherished desire, one's earnest prayer being answered

不空成 フクウジョウジュ Amoghasiddhi, Infallible Magic (a dhyani-Buddha)

Kunyomi Examples

つく to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.), to assume, to be hired, to be employed, to ascend (the throne), to accede, to start (on a journey), to commence, to depart, to study (under teacher), to be an apprentice

ける つける to install (a king, emperor, etc.), to appoint (to a post), to promote, to assign (to study under)