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職

zhí

duty

Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 戠 represents the sound.

Components
耳 meaning component

耳  Meaning component

ěr

  

ear

戠 sound component

戠  Sound component

zhī, zhí

  

to gather

Evolution

職 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)
職 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
職 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
職 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

职 (職) 

zhí

duty, profession; office, post; office; duty

Most common words with 職
Freq.
Word
Meaning

职业

occupation

职工

workers

职

office

辞职

to resign

职责

duty

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

蘵

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tək

tsyik

zhí

duties of office


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 52.7311% of movies

741st most common character in movies

616th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

18

Simplified

职

Unicode

U+8077

Shuowen

“職，記微也。从耳，戠聲。”


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