EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    principal occupation; main job

    ギターでカントリー・ウエスタンを弾くのは本職のミュージシャンならごくたやすいことだ。
    Playing country-western music on guitar is real kid stuff to a true professional.
  2. professional; an expert; specialist

  3. Pronoun

    I (of a government official, etc.); me

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

Kun
もと
On
ホン
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
10 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

まとごう

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-5-3SKIP code
0a5.25The Kanji Dictionary
5023.0Four corner code
1855deroo
672cUnicode hex code
1-43-60JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2536New Nelson (John Haig)
3502New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4314Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2183Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2937Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
211Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
224Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
15A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
212Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
20Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14421Morohashi
70A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
25Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
25Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
45sakade
61Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
76henshall3
47Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
6crowley
37Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.1busy_people
1046Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
215Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ben3Pinyin reading
bonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani 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