Kanji: 働 work

JLPT N4 | 13 Strokes

Kanji Parts: 

• 亻 person [variation of 人]
• 重 heavy [further broken down with 千 (1,000) and 里 ri (old Japanese unit of distance about 2.44 miles)]
• 力 power

Mnemonic Story: 

A person 亻 works all day carrying heavy 重 things with all his or her power 力.

Stroke Order:

Examples:

• 労働【ろうどう】 manual labor
• 自動【じどう】 automatic
• 働き者【はたらきもの】 hard worker; hardworking person

彼(かれ)は働(はたら)き者(もの)だ。

He's a hardworker.

• 彼 he
• 働き者 hard worker; hardworking person
• だ is