職
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zhí · duty, profession

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18Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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耳Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 職

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Example sentences

Notice where 職 sits in each complete thought.

Wǒ zhèng zài zhǎo yí fèn jiān zhí de gōng zuò.我正在找一份兼職的工作。

I'm looking for a part-time job.

Source: Tatoeba #861478 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Cí zhí shì rén shēng de dìyī kè.辭職是人生的第一課。

Resignation is the first lesson of life.

Source: Tatoeba #875128 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ bú shì bèi jiě gù, shì zì jǐ cí zhí bú gàn de.我不是被解僱,是自己辭職不幹的。

I wasn't fired. I quit.

Source: Tatoeba #458879 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ de zhí yè shì jiào shī.我的職業是教師。

I work as a teacher.

Source: Tatoeba #13148071 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ shì yì míng yín xíng zhí yuán.我是一名銀行職員。

I'm a bank clerk.

Source: Tatoeba #338738 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ dé zhǎo yí fèn jiān zhí gōng zuò.我得找一份兼職工作。

I'll have to find a part-time job.

Source: Tatoeba #893355 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 職 in context

  1. Say zhí, then recall the core meaning: duty, profession.
  2. Write all 18 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 職 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.