Memory phrase for the Kanji: 勤

勤

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Meaning

work, duty, serve

Pronunciation

 KIN
tsutomeru

Explanation

 Left: blooming plant 堇 (plant 艹 with 2 blossoms ロロ at growing plant ), right: strength/force 力

Mnemonic

Blooming plants give me strength for my work.

Radicals

堇 Flower, blossomThis plant 艹 is a growing plant 丰 with two flowers ロロ. [growing plant 丰 = like a tree 木 with many branches, but the roots 八 are not shown]
力 power force
growing plant
艹 plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, simple variation of 艸.
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Vocabulary

 勤勉  きんべん  industry, diligence
 出勤  しゅっきん  going to work, at work
 勤め  つとめ  service, duty, business, responsibility, task
 勤める  つとめる  to work (for), to endeavor, to be diligent
 勤め先  つとめさき  place of work
 勤労  きんろう  labor, exertion, diligent service
 勤務  きんむ  service, duty, work
 転勤  てんきん  transfer/transmission
 通勤  つうきん  commuting to work

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