職

office / duty

职 = 只 + 耳 : 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).

職 character breakdown

職
- 戠
  - 戈
    - 丿
    - 弋
  - 音
    - 日
      - 一
      - 囗
    - 立
      - 亠
        
        一
        
        丶
      - 䒑
        
        一
        
        丷
- 耳

戠

zhí = zh + Ø2

to gather / old variant of 埴[zhi2]

耳

ěr = Ø + Ø3

ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)

It ist what it looks like: an ear.

Characters with 職 as component

蘵

zhí = zh + Ø2

Physalis angulata

Words with 職

离

離

lí

职

職

zhí

to retire / to leave office / to quit a job

降

jiàng

职

職

zhí

to demote (to a lower rank)

革

gé

职

職

zhí

to sack / to remove from a position / to depose

高

ga̅o

职

職

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 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

高

ga̅o

级

級

jí

职

職

zhí

员

員

yuán

high official / senior executive