The kanji 働: meaning, readings and stroke order

働

Meaning: work
On reading: ドウ dou
Kun reading: はたら（く） hataraku
Strokes: 13
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: làm việc (động)
Japanese: はたらく。
Korean: 일하다
Chinese: 工作、劳动

Readings, words and example sentences

ドウ dou · on reading · less common

労ろう働どう
work, labor
労ろう働どうの時間を決めます。
They decide the working hours.

はたら（く） hataraku · kun reading

働はたらく
to work
父は会社で 働はたらいて います。
My dad works at a company.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.