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働 = 亻 + 動

働 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “work”. It is built from 亻 (person) and 動 (move). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1809.

Keyword
work
RTK frame
1809
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ドウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はたら.く
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
работа
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
働 labor

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 亻 person
  2. 動 move

How to find 働 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “person” + “move”. 働 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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