Kanji: 勤

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 5 (completion of 6th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 6th grade in Japan
Radical:	力 Radical name: ちから
Meaning:	Diligence, become employed, serve
Usage:	Appears regularly in Japanese newspapers, but about 800 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	勤(つと)める	to work for someone
N3	勤(つと)め	(1) service, duty, business, responsibility, task, (2) Buddhist religious services
N2	出勤(しゅっきん)	going to work, at work
N2	通勤(つうきん)	commuting to work
N1	勤勉(きんべん)	industry, diligence
N1	勤務(きんむ)	service, duty, work
N1	勤労(きんろう)	labor, exertion, diligent service
N1	勤(つと)まる	to be fit for, to be equal to, to function properly
N1	勤(つと)め先(さき)	place of work
N1	転勤(てんきん)	transfer, transmission