IDENTITY
职zhíjob; duty
HSK 4Top 500
CORE MEANING
job; duty
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.job; positionHSK4
- 2.dutyHSK6
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 耳ear radical (ěr)
- strokes
- 11
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰耳只
- ear (listening to orders)
- gives the sound zhí (historical)
USAGE
Common words
职业zhíyèoccupation
职位zhíwèiposition
辞职cízhíto resign
Graded examples
他的职业是医生。Tā de zhíyè shì yīshēng.HSK4
His occupation is doctor.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 织
LEARNING
Memory aid
The ear (耳) that listens for orders (只) — duty, office. (From 職.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #500
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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