稼

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: かせ

画数かくすう: 15

部首ぶしゅ: 禾(のぎへん)

Meaning

Earn / Work for a living / Make income

  • かせぎ — earnings; what you make
  • かせぐ — to earn; to make money
  • 稼業かぎょう — one's business; trade
  • 出稼でかせぎ — working away from home
  • 稼動かどう — operation; running (of a machine or system)

The grain radical links this kanji to harvest and results. The idea shifted from planting and reaping crops to working hard and earning an income through effort.

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