Entry
  1. Noun

    workaholic; person who is totally devoted to his work

    彼のことを仕事の虫だと言うけれど、仕事をしているときが一番楽しいという人間もいるんだよ。
    You say he is a workaholic, but you know there are some people who feel happiest when they're working.
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Characters in this word

3
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

attend, doing, official, serve

Kun
つか.える
On
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
439 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-2-3SKIP code
2a3.2The Kanji Dictionary
2421.0Four corner code
2172deroo
4ed5Unicode hex code
1-27-37JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
362Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
123New Nelson (John Haig)
34New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
37Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
21Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
21Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
960Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1033Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
397A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
124Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
75Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
368Morohashi
285A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
333Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
333Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
221sakade
110Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
301henshall3
250Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
271crowley
236Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.7busy_people
58Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
969Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi4Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

Kun
ことつか.うつか.える
On
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
18 of 2500
Radical
hook
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-8-3SKIP code
0a8.15The Kanji Dictionary
5000.7Four corner code
1547deroo
4e8bUnicode hex code
1-27-86JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
272Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
71New Nelson (John Haig)
3567New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4384Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2220Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2986Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1156Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1240Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
32A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
768Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
73Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
241Morohashi
293A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
80Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
80Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
230sakade
108Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
309henshall3
300Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
10crowley
237Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.7busy_people
30Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1164Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi4Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

insect, bug, temper

Kun
むし
On
チュウ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1351 of 2500
Radical
insect
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
4-6-3, 2-4-2SKIP code
6d0.1The Kanji Dictionary
5013.6Four corner code
1671deroo
866bUnicode hex code
1-35-78JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4115Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5275New Nelson (John Haig)
3530New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4343Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2199Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2959Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
517Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
556Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1073A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
324Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
133Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
32804Morohashi
56A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
873Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
893Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
114sakade
875Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
74henshall3
60Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
466Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1604Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
523Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chong2, hui3Pinyin reading
hwe, chungKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level