职

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office; duty

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

耳 meaning “ear” + 只 sound ( zhī )

Components 耳只

job · Heisig RSH #721

耳 ear + 只 only

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
职业中学	zhí yè zhōng xué	vocational high school
职业高中	zhí yè gāo zhōng	vocational high school (abbr. to 職高\|职高[zhi2 gao1])
公职人员	gōng zhí rén yuán	civil servant
神职人员	shén zhí rén yuán	clergy; cleric
职业运动员	zhí yè yùn dòng yuán	professional (athlete); pro
职业高尔夫球协会	Zhí yè Gāo ěr fū qiú Xié huì	Professional Golfer's Association (PGA)
教职员工	jiào zhí yuán gōng	teaching and administrative staff
职业化	zhí yè huà	professionalization
广东科学技术职业学院	Guǎng dōng Kē xué jì shù Zhí yè Xué yuàn	Guangdong Institute of Science and Technology
教职工	jiào zhí gōng	teaching and administrative staff
职业病	zhí yè bìng	occupational disease
全职太太	quán zhí tài tai	housewife; stay-at-home wife
天职	tiān zhí	vocation; duty; mission in life
高级职员	gāo jí zhí yuán	high official; senior executive
双职工	shuāng zhí gōng	working couple (husband and wife both employed)
自由职业者	zì yóu zhí yè zhě	self-employed professional; independent practitioner
职分	zhí fèn	duty
职高	zhí gāo	vocational high school (abbr. for 職業高中\|职业高中[zhi2 ye4 gao1 zhong1])
高职	gāo zhí	vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校\|高等职业技术学校[gao1 deng3 zhi2 ye4 j…
教职员	jiào zhí yuán	teaching and administrative staff

Characters sharing the sound component 只 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
只 sound part	zhī	only, merely, just
识	shí	knowledge; to understand, to recognize, to know
积	jī	to store up, to amass, to accumulate
织	zhī	to knit, to weave; to organize, to unite
炽	chì	to burn, to blaze; splendid; intense
帜	zhì	flag, pennant, sign; to fasten
咫	zhǐ	unit of length used during the Zhou dynasty
枳	zhǐ	trifoliate orange; hedge thorn
轵	zhǐ	the end of an axle that extends beyond the hub