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責

責 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. せめる。財貨などを支払うよう求める。
  2. 怠れば、せめられるべき務め。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「貝」+音符「朿」。「せめる」を意味する漢語｛責｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

blame, condemn, censure

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セキElem.
Kun (native)
  • せ(める)Elem.
Other languages
  • 拼音ze2
  • 拼音zhai4
  • 한글chaeg
  • 한글chae
  • Hán-ViệtTrách
  • Hán-ViệtTrái

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

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
貝(かい)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+8CAC

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱龶貝

Words using this kanji

  • 責任せきにん自らの行為等から発生する結果について、原状回復、賠償、非難されることに関する甘受又は謝罪の表明といった義務を負うこと。duty, responsibility (incl. supervision of staff), liability, onus
  • 責任者せきにんしゃ責任を持つ人。person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff), person responsible for ..., responsible party, supervisor
  • 責務せきむ責任と義務。 責任をもって果たすべき務め。duty, obligation
  • 責任感せきにんかん自分に与えられたものについて責任をもってやるという気持ち。sense of responsibility
  • 責めるせめる「せめる」を参照。to condemn, to blame, to criticize, to criticise
  • 責任を持つせきにんをもつto be responsible for, to bear the responsibility of
  • 責めせめresponsibility, liability, blame, torture
  • 責任転嫁せきにんてんか本来であれば自らが負うはずの責任を他人に押し付けること。shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone), passing the buck
  • 責せき（セキ、せめ）なすべきつとめ。責任。responsibility, duty, obligation
  • 責了せきりょうleaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading, OK with corrections
  • 責め苦せめくtorture, pains (of hell)
  • 責付くせっつくto pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
  • 責め具せめぐinstrument of torture
  • 責任範囲せきにんはんいresponsible area, area of responsibility
  • 責任分担せきにんぶんたんsharing of responsibilities
  • 責め苛むせめさいなむto torture, to persecute, to excruciate
  • 責め道具せめどうぐinstruments of torture
  • 責任回避せきにんかいひavoidance of responsibility, shirking (one's) responsibility
  • 責任問題せきにんもんだいquestion of where responsibility lies, issue of where liability lies, question of who is responsible
  • 責任逃れせきにんのがれavoiding or dodging responsibility

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-4-7
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5080.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7b4.4
Heisig
1661
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4492