Vita:務

Parts

• 務 1227 task
  • 矛 1225 halberd
  • ⺙ * taskmaster
  • 力 858 muscle (power)

this poor employee in the company has the bothersome task of picking up all the paper from the floor with his halberd. He is closely observed by the muscular taskmaster, his superior.

Usage in other kanji

• 務 1227 task
  • 霧 1228 fog

KANJIDIC Entry

• 務 4C33 U52d9 B110 C19 G5 S11 F111 N3167 V546 H1173 DK797 L1227 K140 O1377 DO491 MN2394 MP2.0397 E795 IN235 DS722 DH815 DT747 DC244 DJ388 DB3.5 DG222 P1-5-6 I4i7.6 Q1822.7 DR3545 Ywu4 Wmu ム つと.める T1 つかさ み {task} {duties}

EDICT Entries

• 外務 [がいむ] / (n) foreign affairs / (P) /
• 外務省 [がいむしょう] / (n) Department of Foreign Affairs / (P) /
• 義務 [ぎむ] / (n) duty / obligation / responsibility / (P) /
• 義務教育 [ぎむきょういく] / (n) compulsory education / (P) /
• 義務付け [ぎむづけ] / (n) obligation / (P) /
• 急務 [きゅうむ] / (n) urgent business / (P) /
• 教務 [きょうむ] / (n) school affairs / religious affairs / (P) /
• 業務 [ぎょうむ] / (n) business / affairs / duties / work / (P) /
• 勤務 [きんむ] / (n,vs) service / duty / work / (P) /
• 刑務所 [けいむしょ] / (n) prison / penitentiary / (P) /
• 兼務 [けんむ] / (n) additional post / (P) /
• 公務 [こうむ] / (n) official business / public business / (P) /
• 公務員 [こうむいん] / (n) government worker / public (civil) servant / (P) /
• 工務 [こうむ] / (n) engineering / engineering works / (P) /
• 国家公務員 [こっかこうむいん] / (n) government official / (P) /
• 国務 [こくむ] / (n) affairs of state / (P) /
• 国務省 [こくむしょう] / (n) State Department / (P) /
• 国務長官 [こくむちょうかん] / (n) Secretary of State / (P) /
• 債務 [さいむ] / (n) debt / liabilities / (P) /
• 財務 [ざいむ] / (n) financial affairs / (P) /
• 財務官 [ざいむかん] / (n) finance official / (P) /
• 事務 [じむ] / (n) business / office work / (P) /
• 事務員 [じむいん] / (n) clerk / (P) /
• 事務官 [じむかん] / (n) administrative official / secretary / commissioner / (P) /
• 事務局 [じむきょく] / (n) secretariat / executive office / (P) /
• 事務次官 [じむじかん] / (n) permanent vice-president / undersecretary / vice-minister / (P) /
• 事務室 [じむしつ] / (n) office / (P) /
• 事務所 [じむしょ] / (n) office / (P) /
• 事務的 [じむてき] / (adj-na) businesslike / practical / (P) /
• 事務当局 [じむとうきょく] / (n) officials in charge / (P) /
• 執務 [しつむ] / (n,vs) performance of one's official duties / (P) /
• 実務 [じつむ] / (n) practical business / (P) /
• 庶務 [しょむ] / (n) general affairs / (P) /
• 商務 [しょうむ] / (n) commercial affairs / (P) /
• 乗務員 [じょうむいん] / (n) trainman / train crew / (P) /
• 常務 [じょうむ] / (n) routine business / executive director / (P) /
• 職務 [しょくむ] / (n) professional duties / (P) /
• 政務 [せいむ] / (n) government affairs / (P) /
• 政務次官 [せいむじかん] / (n) parliamentary vice-minister / (P) /
• 税務 [ぜいむ] / (n) taxation business / (P) /
• 税務署 [ぜいむしょ] / (n) tax office / (P) /
• 責務 [せきむ] / (n) duty / obligation / (P) /
• 専務 [せんむ] / (n) managing director / special duty / conductor / (P) /
• 総務 [そうむ] / (n) general business (affairs) / manager / director / adjutant general (mil) / (P) /
• 総務局 [そうむきょく] / (n) General Affairs Bureau / (P) /
• 総務部 [そうむぶ] / (n) general affairs department (bureau) / executive section / (P) /
• 地方公務員 [ちほうこうむいん] / (n) local government employee / (P) /
• 党務 [とうむ] / (n) party business / (P) /
• 内務 [ないむ] / (n) internal or domestic affairs / (P) /
• 任務 [にんむ] / (n) duty / function / office / mission / task / (P) /
• 弁務官 [べんむかん] / (n) commissioner / (P) /
• 法務 [ほうむ] / (n) judicial affairs / Ministry of Justice / judge advocate general (mil) / (P) /
• 法務省 [ほうむしょう] / (n) Ministry of Justice / (P) /
• 法律事務所 [ほうりつじむしょ] / (n) law office / (P) /
• 務め [つとめ] / (n) (1) service / duty / business / responsibility / task / (2) Buddhist religious services / (P) /
• 務める [つとめる] / (v1) (1) to serve / to fill a post / to serve under / to work (for) / (2) to exert oneself / to endeavor / to endeavour / to be diligent / (3) to play (the part of) / (P) /
• 労務 [ろうむ] / (n) labor / labour / work / service / (P) /

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Meta

1. Frequency: 245 out of 9933.

Decomposition

Once

• 務 => 矛, 务

Radical

• 務 => 矛 (spear) , 夂 (go) , 力 (power/force)

Graphical

• 務 => 龴,㇖,亅,㇒,㇇,㇏,㇒,㇆,丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wu4 - affair/business/matter

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 務 (wu4): The component 务 is pronounced as 'wu4'.

Example Words

High Frequency

• 任务 (任務)
• 服务 (服務)

Medium Frequency

• 乘务员 (乘務員)
• 事务 (事務)
• 事务所 (事務所)
• 债务 (債務)
• 公务 (公務)
• 公务员 (公務員)
• 务实 (務實)
• 务必 (務必)
• 商务 (商務)
• 商务部 (商務部)
• 国务院 (國務院)
• 家务 (家務)
• 常务 (常務)
• 服务员 (服務員)
• 服务器 (服務器)
• 服务业 (服務業)
• 服务生 (服務生)
• 业务 (業務)
• 税务 (稅務)
• 义务 (義務)
• 职务 (職務)
• 财务 (財務)

Appears In

• 務 also appears in:
• 霧