Question

務 つと.める task, duties 3 111 11 19 ちから・りきづくり 形声 Phonetic It is with the halberd he holds that the taskmaster exerts his power over those actually performing the task.

Accepted Answer

ム つかさ, み 務め(つとめ): (1) service; duty; business; responsibility; task (2) Buddhist religious services事務(じむ): business; office work事務所(じむしょ): office義務(ぎむ): duty; obligation; responsibility勤務(きんむ): service; duty; work公務員(こうむいん): government worker; public (civil) servant任務(にんむ): duty; function; office; mission; task職務(しょくむ): professional duties公務(こうむ): official business; public business税務署(ぜいむしょ): tax office業務(ぎょうむ): business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task; action; function責務(せきむ): duty; obligation庶務(しょむ): general affairs 5 矛: halberd; arms; festival float攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66)力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert 力 2 (none) task So many video games have a "boss" stage you must pass in order to advance to the next level. Here, your task is to use your halberd to beat the taskmaster with the huge, bulging muscles.

Kanji	務
Onyomi	ム
Kunyomi	つと.める
Nanori	つかさ, み
English	task, duties
Examples	務め(つとめ): (1) service; duty; business; responsibility; task (2) Buddhist religious services 事務(じむ): business; office work 事務所(じむしょ): office 義務(ぎむ): duty; obligation; responsibility 勤務(きんむ): service; duty; work 公務員(こうむいん): government worker; public (civil) servant 任務(にんむ): duty; function; office; mission; task 職務(しょくむ): professional duties 公務(こうむ): official business; public business 税務署(ぜいむしょ): tax office 業務(ぎょうむ): business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task; action; function 責務(せきむ): duty; obligation 庶務(しょむ): general affairs
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	5
Frequency	111
Components	矛: halberd; arms; festival float 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) 力: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert
Number of Strokes	11
Kanji Radical	力
Radical Number	19
Radical Strokes	2
Radical Reading	ちから・りきづくり
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	task
Koohii Story 1	It is with the halberd he holds that the taskmaster exerts his power over those actually performing the task.
Koohii Story 2	So many video games have a "boss" stage you must pass in order to advance to the next level. Here, your task is to use your halberd to beat the taskmaster with the huge, bulging muscles.

Duty Business Task Office Service Work Public Halberd