働く

• 読み: はたらく
• ローマ字: hataraku
• 漢字の分解: 働 (dou/hatara) — to work (kokuji: Japanese-made kanji)
• 発音: /ha.ta.ɾa.kɯ/

意味

To work; to labour. The primary verb for employment and physical work.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb with a k-stem. Used for both employment (会社で働く) and physical effort. The kanji 働 is notable as a Japanese-made kanji (国字, kokuji) not found in Chinese. Often paired with place + で to indicate workplace.

例文

1. 父は銀行で働いています。
2. 毎日八時間働きます。
3. 来年から東京で働きたい。

使い方ガイド

場面: work, career, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 働 is a Japanese-made character (国字), combining 人 (person) and 動 (to move). It was created in Japan to represent the concept of a person in motion — working.

文化的背景

時代: Heian period

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal