What is the Kanji for "Work"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Work", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Work" is "働".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Hatara".

Its onyomi reading is "Dou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "亻" means "Person" . And The kanji "動" means "Move" and can be read as "Dou" and "Ugo".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "働" mean in japanese?

"働" means "Work".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Fourth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N3 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

働く: "Work". The Japanese verb '働く (はたらく)' means 'to work'. It refers to the act of engaging in paid employment or performing tasks and duties as part of one's job. This verb is commonly used to describe one's professional occupation or daily work activities. For example: I work as a teacher - (私は先生として働いています). She works hard every day - (彼女は毎日一生懸命働いています).

働き: "Work". The Japanese noun '働き (はたらき)' means 'work'. It refers to the activity of doing a job or task, whether it is physical or mental labor. This word can be used to describe one's occupation, employment, or the actions involved in carrying out a particular job. For example: My work is very demanding - (私の仕事はとても忙しい). She works hard at her job - (彼女は仕事に一生懸命働いている).

労働者: "Worker". The Japanese noun '労働者 (ろうどうしゃ)' means 'worker'. This noun refers to a person who is employed to do physical or manual labor. It can be used to describe workers in a variety of industries, such as manufacturing, construction, or service jobs. For example: The factory workers - (工場の労働者). She is a hard-working employee - (彼女は勤勉な労働者です).

労働: "Work". The Japanese verbal noun '労働 (ろうどう)' means 'work'. It refers to physical or mental effort expended in the pursuit of a goal, such as employment or a task. '労働' is a common word used to describe the activity of working, either at a job or on a project. For example: Overtime work - (残業の労働), Hard work - (精一杯の労働)

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "ど" is read as "do". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "は" is read as "ha". The hiragana "た" is read as "ta". And The hiragana "ら" is read as "ra".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.