Kanji Database
English
担

担 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. になう。
  2. かつぐ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「手」 + 音符「旦」。「擔」の音符を入れ替えた異体字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

shouldering, carry, raise, bear

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • タンElem.
Kun (native)
  • かつ(ぐ)HS
  • にな(う)HS
Other languages
  • 拼音dan4
  • 拼音dan1
  • 拼音dan3
  • 한글dan
  • Hán-ViệtĐam
  • Hán-ViệtĐảm
  • Hán-ViệtĐãn
  • Hán-ViệtĐản
  • Hán-ViệtĐẵm
  • Hán-ViệtĐán
  • Hán-ViệtĐắn
  • Hán-ViệtĐẵn
  • Hán-ViệtDằng
  • Hán-ViệtĐét
  • Hán-ViệtĐởm
  • Hán-ViệtDứt
  • Hán-ViệtĐứt
  • Hán-ViệtTạ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+62C5

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌旦

Words using this kanji

  • 担当たんとうある仕事や役目を受け持つこと。being in charge (of an area of responsibility), being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
  • 担当者たんとうしゃある仕事（職務）を担当して行う者。person in charge (of an area of work, etc.), person responsible, contact (person)
  • 担保たんぽ未確定の損失に対しての具体的な保証。 債務者から提供される、債務の不履行に備えて、その時の弁済用に確保するもの。security, guarantee, collateral, mortgage
  • 担任たんにん責任を持って任務を引き受けること。 学校で、学級や教科を受け持つこと。また、そのような教員。being in charge of (esp. a class or subject), taking charge of, class teacher, homeroom teacher
  • 担い手にないて荷物を担ぐ人。 ある仕事を中心となって引き受ける人。bearer, carrier, person bearing responsibility, person in charge
  • 担ぎかつぎかつぐこと。 商品を担いで市中を売り歩く商人。carrier
  • 担架たんか一人で歩行することができない傷病者を搬送するための用具。二本の固い棒に布地などを張り、二人で搬送するもの。stretcher, litter, gurney
  • 担ぐかつぐ肩に担う。 押し立てる。祭り上げる。 騙す。欺く。to shoulder, to carry on one's shoulder, to nominate for a position, to choose as a representative
  • 担うになう物を肩で支えて運ぶ。担ぐ。 自分の責任として引き受ける。to carry on one's shoulder, to shoulder, to bear, to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.)
  • 担ぎ出すかつぎだすto carry something out of a place, to elevate (someone) to a high position, to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery), to mention something
  • 担体たんたい(charge) carrier, carrier, carrier (membrane transport protein), transporter
  • 担いにないcarrying (on one's shoulder), bearing, shouldering, taking responsibility for
  • 担癌たんがんtumour-bearing, tumor-bearing, cancer-bearing
  • 担税たんぜい租税を負担すること。tax-bearing
  • 担外たんがいnot being in charge (e.g. of a class, in the case of music, art, etc. teachers)
  • 担務たんむone's duties (in an organization), one's responsibilities, taking charge of (a duty)
  • 担ぎ屋かつぎやsuperstitious person, practical joker, peddler, itinerant salesman
  • 担当医たんとういattending physician, doctor-in-charge, attending doctor, one's doctor
  • 担々麺タンタンめんtan tan ramen
  • 担子菌たんしきんbasidiomycete

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(133 results)

Similar-looking kanji

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-5
Four Corner
5601.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c5.20
Heisig
721
Nelson
1879