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嘱 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「口」

道
3Junior high level ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
ショクしょく · shoku
Kun
しょく.する・たの.むshoku.suru · tano.mu
Meaning
entrust; request

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

口 "mouth" with 属: to charge someone by word — to entrust, to request.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onショクしょくshoku嘱託しょくたく委嘱いしょく

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 嘱託しょくたく

    commission; part-time post

  • 委嘱いしょく

    entrusting

More words with this kanji

  • 嘱望しょくぼう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

調査(ちょうさ)を専門(せんもん)家(か)に嘱託(しょくたく)した。

We commissioned an expert for the survey.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

委嘱嘱託嘱委entrus…託entrus…吉good…吏offici…哀sorrow哲philos…啓enligh…色color昃the su…拭wipe食to eat昵intima…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 口Map of reading ショクAll maps

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