職 Employment

Radical Combination

• 耳

  Ear
• 音

  Sound
• 戈

  Drunkard

Meaning

Primary

Employment

Mnemonic

Reaching your ear is the sound of a drunkard who can’t find employment. You hear him before you see him because he’s behind some trash cans. Being a drunkard, he’s like, super wasted and just kind of rambling to himself, making strange sounds. No wonder he can’t find employment.

Hints

Hear the strange sounds this drunkard is making. Let his ramblings enter your ears and imagine what he could be trying to say.

Readings

On’yomi

しょく

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Since this guy is such a pathetic drunkard, it comes as no shock (しょく) that he can’t find employment. If he did find employment, I would be filled with both shock and awe.

Hints

Actually you find out that he does have employment. He’s a garbage man. Feel the shock of making this shocking discovery. How can this drunkard possibly hold down his job like this?