# 職 — Employment

Frequency rank 393 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 良 (Good), less common than 送 (Send).

- On’yomi: しょく
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 耳 Ear (Kangxi 128)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

An ear on the left, with sound and drunkard on the right — your ear hears the sound of a drunkard stumbling into his place of employment, late again.

In words:

- 職 しょく — employment
- 職業 しょくぎょう — occupation,business
- 職人 しょくにん — worker,mechanic,artisan,craftsman

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