Kanji: 正 員 職 面 求

1. Vocabulary List

2. Kanji Breakdown

正 — correct / right

• Reading: ただしい (adjective) / せい (prefix in compounds)
• Radical: 止 — meaning "to stop"
• Key Words: 正しい (correct), 正社員 (permanent employee)
• Example: 正しいこたえはどれですか。(Tadashii kotae wa dore desu ka.) — "Which is the correct answer?"

員 — member

• Reading: いん
• Radical: 口 — meaning "mouth"
• Key Words: 店員 (shop assistant), 正社員 (permanent employee)
• Example: 店員（てんいん）/ 正社員（せいしゃいん）— shop assistant / permanent employee

職 — employment; work

• Reading: しょく
• Radical: 耳 — meaning "ear"
• Key Words: 就職する (to start a job), 職場 (workplace)
• Example: 職場の友だちと出かける。(Shokuba no tomodachi to dekakeru.) — "I go out with friends from work."

面 — face; surface

• Reading: めん
• Radical: 面 is itself a radical, meaning "face" or "surface"
• Key Words: 面接 (interview)
• Example: 面接（めんせつ）— interview

求 — to request; to demand

• Reading: きゅう (noun compounds) / もとめる (verb)
• Radical: 氷 — meaning "water"
• Key Words: 求人 (job advertisement), 求める (to request)
• Example: 求人を見て面せつに来ました。(Kyūjin wo mite mensetsu ni kimashita.) — "I saw a job advertisement and came for an interview."

3. Compound Words in Context

Reading drill — correct readings:

• 正社員 → せいしゃいん
• 面接 → めんせつ
• 求人 → きゅうじん

Phrase examples:

• 正社員の仕事の面せつ。(Seishain no shigoto no mensetsu.) — "An interview for a permanent employee position."
• 電話会社の求人。(Denwa gaisha no kyūjin.) — "A job advertisement at a telephone company."

4. Learning Context

• Topic: Kanji for workplace and job-hunting vocabulary
• Kanji Set: 正 員 職 面 求
• Memory Hooks: 正's radical is 止 (stop) — think of stopping to check if something is correct. 員's radical is 口 (mouth) — a member speaks. 職's radical is 耳 (ear) — you listen at work. 求's radical is 氷 (water) — you seek water to survive.

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