No. 2,478 in Japanese
働い
働い is not a complete word by itself. It is a conjugated form of 働く, which means "to work."
In a sentence
彼は会社で働いています。
He is working at the company.
In this sentence, 働い is part of the verb 働く, conjugated into its te-form 働いて, suggesting an ongoing action of working.
彼女はすでに20年間働いています。
She has been working for 20 years already.
Here, 働い comes from 働く, combined with the present continuous form 働いています to denote an ongoing action over time.
若い頃に一生懸命働いた。
I worked hard in my younger days.
The word 働い is the base of 働いた, which is the past form of 働く, representing a completed action of working.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “働い” in actual Japanese podcasts.
Find “働い” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Japanese podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into 日本語, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Japanese books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).