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The kanji 就: meaning, readings and stroke order
就
- Meaning
- take up (a job)
- On reading
- シュウ shuu、ジュ* ju
- Kun reading
- つ（く） tsuku、つ（ける） tsukeru
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 尢 lame
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- nhận (việc), vào (tựu)
- Japanese
- しごとや やくめに つく。
- Korean
- 자리에 오르다, 일을 맡다 (취)
- Chinese
- 就任、就业
Readings, words and example sentences
シュウ shuu · on reading
就職
getting a job
姉が 春に 就職します。
My big sister starts her first job in spring.
つ（く） tsuku · kun reading · less common
就く
to take (a job or role)
新しい 役に 就きます。
He takes on a new role.
つ（ける） tsukeru · kun reading · less common
就ける
to put (someone) in a job
かれを 会長の 席に 就けます。
They put him in the president's seat.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 就 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 就 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 6 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.