働

働

働	Meanings: work On Readings: ドウ dou Kun Readings: はたら（く） hatara(ku) Most Used Pronunciation: hataraku JLPT Level: 3 (see all JLPT 3 kanji) Grade: 4 Kanji Part: 人 Stroke Number: 13

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Common jukugo
労働 - ろう　どう rou dou - labor; work

Useful Examples
Japanese: 給料は労働者の年齢との関連で異なってくる。
Romaji: Kyuuryou wa roudousha no nenrei tono kanren de kotonattekuru.
Literal: Wage worker's age in relation to change.
English: Wages change in relation to the worker's age.

Japanese: 機械力が肉体労働にとって代わった。
Romaji: kikai chikara ga nikutairoudou ni totte kawatta.
English: Mechanical power took the place of manual labor.

Japanese: アリのようにせっせと働く。
Romaji: ari no you ni sesse to hataraku.
English: Work like an ant.

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Notes/Mnemonic
The radical form of person (人) moving (動)

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Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.