勤

勤 — diligence, become employed, serve

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 12
Taught in: School year 6
Frequency: #830 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: きん kin

ごん gon
Kun'yomi: つと.める tsuto.meru

-づと.め -zuto.me

つと.まる tsuto.maru

いそ.しむ iso.shimu

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 勤

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