働

See also 動, 动, and 仂

Translingual

Etymology

Japanese-coined 国字 (kokuji). 亻 + 動.

Han character

働 (radical 9 人+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人竹土尸 (OHGS), composition ⿰亻動)

1. labour, labor
2. work

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 116, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1079
• Dae Jaweon: page 247, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 1, page 211, character 9
• Unihan data for U+50CD

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Japanese

Kanji

働 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: どう (dō)
• Kun: はたらく (hataraku), はたらき (hataraki)

Usage notes

This kanji is a kokuji (国字), derived from the Chinese equivalent 動. Note that while many kokuji have only a kun reading, this character also has the on reading dō, from the on reading of the phonetic 動.

Compounds

労働 (ろうどう, rōdō) 労働者 (ろうどうしゃ, rōdōsha)

労働組合 (ろうどうくみあい, rōdōkumiai) 稼働 (かどう, kadō)

実働 (じつどう, jitudō)

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Korean

Hanja

働
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 동 (revised: dong, McCune-Reischauer: tong)

• Name (hangeul): 일하다() 일본식한자

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Mandarin

Hanzi

働 (pinyin dòng (dong4), Wade-Giles tung⁴)