The kanji 務: meaning, readings and stroke order
務
- Meaning
- duty, serve as
- On reading
- ム mu
- Kun reading
- つと(める) tsutomeru、つと(まる) tsutomaru
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 力 power, force
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- nhiệm vụ, đảm nhận (vụ)
- Japanese
- しなければ ならない しごと。やくめを する。
- Korean
- 맡은 일, 맡다 (무)
- Chinese
- 任务、担任 (务)
Readings, words and example sentences
ム mu · on reading
事務
office work
母は 事務の 仕事を して います。
My mom does office work.
つと(める) tsutomeru · kun reading
務める
to serve as, to play the role of
今日は わたしが 司会を 務めます。
Today I will serve as the host.
つと(まる) tsutomaru · kun reading · less common
務まる
to be able to handle (a role)
わたしに この 役が 務まるでしょうか。
Can I really handle this role?
Practise writing 務 in the app
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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.