Memory phrase for the Kanji: 働

働

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Meaning work, serve

Pronunciation

DŌ
hataraku

Explanation

Left: person 亻/人, right: to move 動 (For sth. heavy 重 you need strength 力 for moving.)

Mnemonic
 
The person moves (= sth. heavy with force) at work.

Radicals

亻 personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.
動 moveFor heavy 重 things, such as vehicles 車 with double 二 wheels, you need power 力 to move them.
重 heavyA vehicle 車 with double 二 wheels is for the heavy.
力 power force
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 Vocabulary

働く はたらく  to work, to labor, to practise
働き はたらき  work, activity, labor, action
労働組合 ろうどうくみあい  labor union, labour union
共働き ともばたらき  dual income
労働 ろうどう  manual labor, toil. work

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