Meaning & readings
concerning, settle, take position, depart, study, per
Origin
This character combines a position or capital (京) with the idea of being especially suitable or outstanding (尤). The left component 京 originally depicted a tall building or structure, suggesting a place or seat. The right component 尤 conveys the sense of something being particularly fitting or right. Together, these parts suggest taking up a position or settling into a place that suits you — hence the meanings of "settle," "take position," and "depart to study." The character came to mean assuming a role or post that matches one's abilities or circumstances.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Compound ideographic (combined meanings).
Components
- 京
- 尤
Common words
- 去就 きょしゅう leaving or staying
- 就く つく to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume
- 就学 しゅうがく entering school; school attendance
- 就業 しゅうぎょう starting work (for the day)
- 就航 しゅうこう entering service (on a route; of a plane or ship); going into commission
- 就職 しゅうしょく finding employment; getting a job
- 就寝 しゅうしん going to bed; retiring (for the night)
- 就任 しゅうにん assumption (of office); taking up (a post)
Reference
- Strokes
- 12
- Kangxi radical
- 43
- Grade
- Grade 6 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #624 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 1
- Unicode
- U+05C31