EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    public office

    彼らは秘密に投票し、公職をめざしてもよいし、また不適切な行為をする公職老の免職を要求してもよい。
    They vote in secret, may seek public office, and may demand the removal of public officials who behave improperly.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

public, prince, official, governmental

Kun
おおやけ
On
コウ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
118 of 2500
Radical
eight
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

あきらきみきんたかただしともひろまさ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-2-2SKIP code
2o2.2The Kanji Dictionary
8073.2, 8073.0Four corner code
2071deroo
516cUnicode hex code
1-24-88JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
579Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
372New Nelson (John Haig)
1974New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2468Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1249Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1715Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
784Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
847Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
122A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
156Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
219Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1452Morohashi
277A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
126Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
126Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
210sakade
341Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
126henshall3
92Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
212crowley
323Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
152Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
792Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gong1Pinyin reading
gongKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

post, employment, work

On
ショクソク
Strokes
18
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
305 of 2500
Radical
ear
WaniKani
Level 23

Built from

Used in names as

もと

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-6-12SKIP code
6e12.1The Kanji Dictionary
1315.0Four corner code
3259deroo
8077Unicode hex code
1-31-06JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3718Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4742New Nelson (John Haig)
1425New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1803Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
960Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1297Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
824Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
887Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
335A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2734Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
432Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29183Morohashi
721A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
385Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
386Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
819sakade
839Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
743henshall3
823Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
253crowley
513Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1586Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
832Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhi2Pinyin reading
jigKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
23WaniKani level