Memory phrase for the Kanji: 務
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務 |
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning
| duty, work, play your part
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Pronunciation |
MU
tsutomeru |
Explanation |
Left: spear 矛 (developed from the image of a barbed lance [not to be mistaken with 'beforehand': 予]), right: hit/strike 攵 (hand 又 with a stick ノ), strength/force 力 |
Mnemonic
| The spear hits with force: That's its duty.
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Radicals
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矛
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barbed lance | The radical munohoko shows a barbed lance. Do not mistake with prior/beforehand 予. Other radicals with weapons are: 戈 殳 斤 |
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攵
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Stick in a hand | The radical nobun shows a hand  or 又 that holds a stick ノ (simplified from the Chinese radical 66 攴 for whip or rap.) |
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力
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power force | |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 務める |
つとめる |
to work (for), to endeavor, to be diligent |
| 義務 |
ぎむ |
duty, obligation, responsibility |
| 事務所 |
じむしょ |
office |
| 税務署 |
ぜいむしょ |
tax office |
| 公務員 |
こうむいん |
government worker, public (civil) servant |
| 庶務 |
しょむ |
general affairs |
| 事務 |
じむ |
business, office work |
| 任務 |
にんむ |
duty, function, office, mission, task |
| 公務 |
こうむ |
official business, public business |
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