office / duty

= + : James II of England (zh) has to visit the governmental office (职) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2) to ask about his taxes. There's a cuttlefish (只) on duty, and James literally has the cuttlefish's ear (耳).

职 character breakdown

only / merely / just / but

= + : Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like something (a head?) on two legs. I'll just represent it by a cuttlefish (只). James II of England (zh) has been in the space station (Ø3) as the only (只) one for too long and went mad. He thinks he's holding a mandarin (口), but he's just about to bite into merely (只) an eight ball (八). On the top of his head is a cuttlefish (只) he mistook for a hat.
variant of 只[zhi3]
grain that has begun to ripen
ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)

It ist what it looks like: an ear.
variant of 只[zhi3]
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc

Characters with 职 as component

职 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 职

occupation / profession / vocation / professional
occupation; profession; vocation / professional
to retire / to leave office / to quit a job
to demote (to a lower rank)
to sack / to remove from a position / to depose
key job / important position
to look for a job / to seek employment
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 ji4 shu4 xue2 xiao4]) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称[gao1 ji2 zhi2 cheng1]) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员[gao1 ji2 zhi2 yuan2]) / (Tw) vocational high school
prominent post
high official / senior executive
professional school / higher vocational school
(Christianity) a preaching ministry
to be transferred to another post / to post away
to exceed one's authority / to go beyond the bounds of one's job
sinecure / position with practically no obligations
working couple (husband and wife both employed)

Sentences with 职

chá
kàn
yi̅
xià
 
 
nǎ
lǐ
yǒu
gua̅n
zhí
que̅