キン, ゴン, つと.める, -づと.め, つと.まる, いそ.しむ
diligence, become employed, serve

This kanji has 12 strokes: 2 in the "strong" radical (ちから) and 10 other strokes.

Sample compounds (22) :


  1. きん
    be fit for, be equal to, serve

  2. つとめ
    service, duty, business, Buddhist religious services
  3. まらない
    つとまらない
    to be unfit for, unequal to

  4. さいきん
    reappointment

  5. つとめむき
    one's business, one's duties

  6. ごんぐ
    inquiring the Buddha way

  7. おくづめ
    working as a lady's maid

  8. やきん
    night shift

  9. つとめにん
    office worker, salaried man, white-collar worker

  10. きんけん
    industry, diligence, frugality

  11. つとめさき
    place of work
  12. げる
    つとめあげる
    to serve out one's apprenticeship, to serve out one's time

  13. がいきん
    (vs) working away from the office

  14. ちゅうきん
    loyalty, loyal (faithful) service

  15. きんかく
    faithful service

  16. きんだ
    diligence and indolence, attendance

  17. にっきん
    day shift

  18. けっきん
    absence (from work)

  19. つとめぎ
    mercenary spirit

  20. きんむ
    (vs) service, duty, work

  21. きんぞく
    continuous service

  22. きんばん
    on duty in Edo
Kanji Character : 勤
Kuten Encoding : 2248
SJIS Encoding : 3650
Unicode Encoding : 52e4
Old Nelson Index : 732
Radical Number : 19
Frequency Ranking : 713
Gakken Index : 750
Grade Level : 6
Halpern Index : 1818
Heisig Index : 1577
Henshall Index : 842
New Nelson Index : 552
O'Neil Index : 1698
Stroke Count : 12
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 2g10.1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 10
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : g
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 559
SKIP Code : 1-10-2
De Roo Code : 1945
Four Corner Code : 4412.7
Korean reading : geun
Pinyin reading : qin2
Morohashi Index String : 2415P
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 2.0411
Morohashi Index Number : 2415
Morohashi Page : 411
Morohashi Volume : 2
Morohashi entry is Prime : true
Cross Index Codes
  1. O1968
Dictionary Codes
  1. R1945
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