직

jik · [직]

office · job · occupation · position

nounadverbAdvanced

Meanings

직 · noun · Advanced

  1. officeA duty or position given to a civil servant, etc., by the government.
  2. job; occupationA regular activity done for a specific period of time for one's living.
  3. positionOne's post or duty.
  4. employmentA word used to mean an occupation or position.

직 · adverb

  1. swiftly; energeticallyA word used to describe the sound made when one draws a line or boundary quickly once, or such a motion.
  2. vigorouslyA word used to describe the sound made when one tears a piece of paper, cloth, etc., violently, or such a motion.

Written Forms

직Hangul
職Hanja

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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