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勤 means 'work'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 904   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-19    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: 32    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 64 words   Used in 130 words   Used in 63 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   キン   ゴン
Kun
   つとめる to work   つとまる to be fit for
Additional readings
Kun    -づとめ   いそしむ
Variants
勤  
Components
⿰  菫 violet  力 effort  
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務 work  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 勤 is used 16 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 勤 is used 129 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
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キン : 103 words FIND ALL
つ う き ん 0
commuting to work
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ゴン : 3 words FIND ALL
ご ん ぎ ょ う 0
noun
religious service  (Buddhist term)
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つとめる : 19 words FIND ALL
つ と め 3
Most common form: 務め
noun
1. service; duty; business; responsibility; task
2. Buddhist religious services
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つとめる (read as づと) : 2 words FIND ALL
working for a company; being employed by a company
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いそしむ : 2 words FIND ALL
い そ し む 3
to endeavor; to endeavour; to work hard (at)
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An additional つと.まる less common words include 勤 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 853 (originally: 842)  Joy o' Kanji : 842  Key to Kanji: 226 

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勤
キン   ゴン   つとめる to work   つとまる to be fit for   
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菫
キン   すみれ violet   
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主
シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
丶
dot   
艹
grass   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
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