務 — task, duties

つとめる務 task

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes work

U+52D9 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #111 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1313 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

task
duties

word

つと tsuto Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

務(つと) める tsutomeru to serve

む mu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

事(じ) 務(む) jimu office work 業(ぎょう) 務(む) gyoumu business 事(じ) 務(む) 所(しょ) jimusho office 義(ぎ) 務(む) gimu duty 国(こく) 務(む) 大(だい) 臣(じん) kokumudaijin minister of state 公(こう) 務(む) 員(いん) koumuin civil servant 総(そう) 務(む) soumu general affairs 外(がい) 務(む) 省(しょう) gaimushou Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

む矛 halberd #110

攵 strike

ちから力 power #19

Used as component in (1)

きり霧 fog

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#19 力 power