# 職

| 職 | U+8077, &#32887; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8077 |
| ← 聶 [U+8076] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 聸 → [U+8078] |

## Translingual
### Han character

職 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 尸十卜戈日 (SJYIA), four-corner 1315$_0$, composition ⿰耳戠)

#### Derived characters

* 蘵, 𤼕

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 970, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29183
* Dae Jaweon: page 1421, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2797, character 14
* Unihan data for U+8077

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 職 :
| Warring States | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 識 | *tjɯɡs, *hljɯɡ |
| 幟 | *tjɯɡs, *tʰjɯɡs, *hljɯɡs |
| 織 | *tjɯɡs, *tjɯɡ |
| 熾 | *tʰjɯɡs |
| 樴 | *dɯːɡ, *tjɯɡ |
| 職 | *tjɯɡ |
| 軄 | *tjɯɡ |
| 戠 | *tjɯɡ |
| 膱 | *tjɯɡ |
| 蟙 | *tjɯɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjɯɡ) : semantic 耳 (“ear”) + phonetic 戠 (OC *tjɯɡ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zhí (zhi$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җы (žɨ, I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zik$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ziit$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chṳt
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zed$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): zeh$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): cĭ
* Eastern Min (BUC): cék
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chiak / chek / chit
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zêh$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$tseq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zr$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhí
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhíh
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^2$
*** Yale: jŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyr
*** Palladius: чжи (čži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җы (žɨ, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zik$^1$
*** Yale: jīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɪk̚⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ziit$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɨt̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳt
*** Hakka Romanization System: ziid$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨt̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zed$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sət̚¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: zeh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡səʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cék
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɛiʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiak
*** Tâi-lô: tsiak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siak̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek
*** Tâi-lô: tsik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zeg
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit
*** Tâi-lô: tsit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cid
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚⁵/
* chiak/chek - literary;
* chit - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: tsyik
Rime :
| Character | 職 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 職 (134) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 之翼切 |
| Baxter | tsyik |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕɨk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕiek̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cik̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭək̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯ək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tək/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 職 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhí |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyik › |
| Old Chinese | /*tək/ |
| English | duties of office |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 職 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17252 |
| Phonetic component | 戠 |
| Rime group | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 職 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjɯɡ/ |

### Definitions

職
* duty; profession
* office; post

### Compounds

* 一名半職／一名半职
* 一官半職／一官半职 (yīguānbànzhí)
* 一階半職／一阶半职
* 不稱職／不称职
* 不職／不职
* 以身殉職／以身殉职 (yǐshēnxùnzhí)
* 任職／任职 (rènzhí)
* 休職／休职 (xiūzhí)
* 供職／供职 (gòngzhí)
* 停職／停职 (tíngzhí)
* 克盡厥職／克尽厥职
* 克盡己職／克尽己职
* 免職／免职 (miǎnzhí)
* 內職／内职
* 全職／全职 (quánzhí)
* 全職媽媽／全职妈妈
* 公職／公职 (gōngzhí)
* 公職人員／公职人员 (gōngzhí rényuán)
* 兼職／兼职 (jiānzhí)
* 分職／分职
* 到職／到职 (dàozhí)
* 削職／削职 (xuèzhí)
* 副職／副职 (fùzhí)
* 劇職／剧职
* 卑職／卑职 (bēizhí)
* 原職／原职 (yuánzhí)
* 去職／去职 (qùzhí)
* 右職／右职
* 名譽職／名誉职
* 因公殉職／因公殉职 (yīngōngxùnzhí)
* 在職／在职 (zàizhí)
* 在職教育／在职教育
* 在職進修／在职进修
* 塞職／塞职
* 天職／天职 (tiānzhí)
* 失職／失职 (shīzhí)
* 奪職／夺职
* 婦職／妇职
* 子職／子职
* 官卑職小／官卑职小
* 宗職／宗职
* 官職／官职 (guānzhí)
* 實職／实职 (shízhí)
* 專職／专职 (zhuānzhí)
* 就職／就职 (jiùzhí)
* 巷職／巷职
* 幕職／幕职
* 引咎辭職／引咎辞职
* 得職／得职
* 復職／复职 (fùzhí)
* 忠於職守／忠于职守
* 怠忽職守／怠忽职守
* 恭職／恭职
* 授職／授职
* 授職惟賢／授职惟贤
* 撤職／撤职 (chèzhí)
* 擅離職守／擅离职守
* 教職員／教职员 (jiàozhíyuán)
* 散職／散职
* 文職／文职 (wénzhí)
* 晉職／晋职 (jìnzhí)
* 曠職／旷职
* 曠職僨事／旷职偾事
* 有給職／有给职
* 有職／有职
* 有職者／有职者
* 有虧職守／有亏职守
* 本職／本职 (běnzhí)
* 正職／正职 (zhèngzhí)
* 武職／武职 (wǔzhí)
* 殉職／殉职 (xùnzhí)
* 求職／求职 (qiúzhí)
* 沿才授職／沿才授职
* 洗手奉職／洗手奉职
* 溺職／溺职 (nìzhí)
* 瀆職／渎职 (dúzhí)
* 無給職／无给职
* 無職／无职
* 現職／现职 (xiànzhí)
* 留職／留职 (liúzhí)
* 留職停薪／留职停薪
* 盡忠職守／尽忠职守 (jìnzhōngzhíshǒu)
* 盡職／尽职 (jìnzhí)
* 神職／神职 (shénzhí)
* 神職人員／神职人员 (shénzhí rényuán)
* 稱職／称职 (chènzhí)
* 第二職業／第二职业
* 罷職／罢职 (bàzhí)
* 職任／职任
* 職位／职位 (zhíwèi)
* 職位分類／职位分类
* 職分／职分 (zhífèn)
* 職別／职别 (zhíbié)
* 職前教育／职前教育
* 職前訓練／职前训练
* 職務／职务 (zhíwù)
* 職司／职司
* 職名／职名 (zhímíng)
* 職員／职员 (zhíyuán)
* 職員錄／职员录
* 職守／职守 (zhíshǒu)
* 職官／职官
* 職工／职工 (zhígōng)
* 職工學校／职工学校
* 職志／职志 (zhízhì)
* 職掌／职掌
* 職方／职方
* 職方外紀／职方外纪
* 職是／职是
* 職校／职校 (zhíxiào)
* 職棒／职棒 (zhíbàng)
* 職業／职业 (zhíyè)
* 職業團體／职业团体
* 職業婦女／职业妇女
* 職業學校／职业学校 (zhíyè xuéxiào)
* 職業學生／职业学生
* 職業工會／职业工会
* 職業教育／职业教育
* 職業水準／职业水准
* 職業病／职业病 (zhíyèbìng)
* 職業訓練／职业训练
* 職業輔導／职业辅导
* 職業選手／职业选手
* 職權／职权 (zhíquán)
* 職稱／职称 (zhíchēng)
* 職等／职等
* 職籃／职篮
* 職系／职系
* 職級／职级
* 職職／职职
* 職能／职能 (zhínéng)
* 職能治療／职能治疗 (zhínéng zhìliáo)
* 職訓中心／职训中心
* 職貢／职贡
* 職責／职责 (zhízé)
* 職銜／职衔 (zhíxián)
* 自由職業／自由职业 (zìyóu zhíyè)
* 袞職／衮职
* 褫職／褫职
* 要職／要职 (yàozhí)
* 親職教育／亲职教育
* 解職／解职 (jiězhí)
* 調職／调职
* 請職／请职
* 謀職／谋职 (móuzhí)
* 軍職／军职 (jūnzhí)
* 辭職／辞职 (cízhí)
* 述職／述职 (shùzhí)
* 退職／退职 (tuìzhí)
* 閒職／闲职 (xiánzhí)
* 附過還職／附过还职
* 降職／降职 (jiàngzhí)
* 雜職／杂职
* 雙職工／双职工 (shuāngzhígōng)
* 離職／离职 (lízhí)
* 革職／革职 (gézhí)
* 革職查辦／革职查办
* 革職留任／革职留任
* 順職／顺职
* 館職／馆职
* 高職／高职 (gāozhí)

### References

* “職”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03279

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 職 |
| Kyūjitai | 職󠄃 職+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Alternative forms

* (ryakuji) 耺 [U+803A]
* (ryakuji) 𫟉 [U+2B7C9]

### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: しき (shiki)
* Kan-on: しょく (shoku, Jōyō)
* Kun: つかさ (tsukasa, 職)、つかさどる (tsukasadoru, 職る)、つとめ (tsutome, 職め)、もとより (motoyori, 職より)
* Nanori: つね (tsune)、もと (moto)、よし (yoshi)、より (yori)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 職
* しょく Grade: 5
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 職 (MC tsyik).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しょく [shòkú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕo̞kɯ̟]

### Noun

職(しょく) • (shoku)
* employment
* (roleplaying games) class; occupation
    回復(かいふく)職(しょく) ― kaifuku-shoku ― medic

### References

* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1737 (paper), page 920 (digital)
* ↑ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 982 (paper), page 504 (digital)
* ↑ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

職 (eumhun 벼슬/직책 직 (byeoseul/jikchaek jik))
* hanja form of 직 (“duty; profession”)
* hanja form of 직 (“office; post”)

#### Compounds

* 직장 (職場, jikjang, “workplace; job”)
* 직책 (職責, jikchaek, “duty; responsibility (at work)”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

職: Hán Nôm readings: chức, chắc, giấc, xắc, chếch, xức
* variant: 聀 "chức"
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* Nôm: chắc, chức, giấc, thức

#### References

* Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
* Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
* Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999