Entry
  1. Noun

    one's post; one's position; one's station; one's place of duty

    どんなことがあっても持ち場を離れてはならない。
    In no case are you to leave your post.
  2. one's round; one's beat; one's route

Also written 持場【もちば】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hold, have

Kun
も.つ-も.ちも.てる
On
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
119 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

もちもつ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-3-6SKIP code
3c6.8The Kanji Dictionary
5404.1Four corner code
1348deroo
6301Unicode hex code
1-27-93JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1903Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2151New Nelson (John Haig)
374New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
447Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
275Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
333Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
660Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
712Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
184A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
801Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
50Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
12019Morohashi
294A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
451Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
458Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
231sakade
178Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
310henshall3
328Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
94crowley
142Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.15busy_people
889Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
667Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chi2Pinyin reading
jiKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

location, place

Kun
On
ジョウチョウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
52 of 2500
Radical
earth
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3b9.6The Kanji Dictionary
4612.7Four corner code
1451deroo
5834Unicode hex code
1-30-76JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1113Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1058New Nelson (John Haig)
558New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
678Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
408Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
512Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
545Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
584Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
34A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
250Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5278Morohashi
144A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
154Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
154Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
252sakade
145Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
161henshall3
216Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
49crowley
335Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.2busy_people
380Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
551Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chang2, chang3Pinyin reading
jangKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level