EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    important post; important office; key position

    悪い人間が国家の要職に就いていますね。
    Bad people are at the helm of the nation.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

need, main point, essence, pivot, key to

Kun
い.るかなめ
On
ヨウ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
106 of 2500
Radical
cover
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

とし

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-6-3SKIP code
3e6.11The Kanji Dictionary
1040.4Four corner code
3269deroo
8981Unicode hex code
1-45-55JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4274Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5515New Nelson (John Haig)
2635New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3263Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1683Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2290Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1604Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1730Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
117A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1218Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
262Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34768PMorohashi
593A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
419Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
425Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
729sakade
887Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
623henshall3
536Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
78crowley
424Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.16busy_people
1639Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1618Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yao4, yao1Pinyin reading
yoKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani 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