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担 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
タンたん · tan
Kun
かつ(ぐ)・にな(う)katsu(gu) · nina(u)
Meaning
to shoulder; bear; take charge

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

扌 "hand" plus 旦; lifting a load onto the shoulder — hence "to shoulder, to take charge."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onタンたんtan担当たんとう担架たんか負担ふたん
Kunかつぐkatsugu担ぐかつぐ
Kunになうninau担うになう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 担当たんとう

    being in charge of

  • 分担ぶんたん

    sharing (a task)

More words with this kanji

  • 負担ふたん
  • 担任たんにん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

係(かかり)の仕事(しごと)を分担(ぶんたん)した。

We shared out the duties.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

分担担当担分to div…当to hit批to cri…拝to wor…拡to exp…探to sea…推to inf…誕birth丹red反opposi…旦dawn丼bowl
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading タンAll maps

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