Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

305 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 18

Meaning: post, employment, work

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ショク ソク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: みみへん

Meaning: ear

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

(しょく)   job

業(しょくぎょう)   occupation

場(しょくば)   workplace

務(しょくむ)   professional duties

員室(しょくいんしつ)   teachers'/faculty room

(むしょく)   unemployed [n.]

する(しゅうしょくする)   find employment

退する(たいしょくする)   retire

Onyomi Examples

ショク job, work, employment, occupation, position, duties, trade, skill

ショクイン staff member, employee, worker, personnel

ジュウショク chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)

キュウショク temporary retirement, suspension from office

ショク job, work, employment, occupation, position, duties, trade, skill

ユウショク holding a job, being employed, gainful employment, being learned, being knowledgeable, having great artistic talent, being a skilled performer, being well-versed in usages or practices of the court or military households