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責 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「貝」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「貝」
On
セキせき · seki
Kun
せ(める)se(meru)
Meaning
to blame; responsibility

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

朿 "thorn" over 貝 "money"; pressing for a debt as with a thorn — hence "to blame, responsibility."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセキせきseki責務せきむ責任せきにん職責しょくせき
Kunせめるsemeru責めるせめる責めせめ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 責任せきにん

    responsibility

  • 無責任むせきにん

    irresponsible

More words with this kanji

  • 𠮟責しっせき
  • 呵責かしゃく
  • 訶責かせき
  • 譴責けんせき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

自分(じぶん)の責任(せきにん)で決(き)めた。

I decided it on my own responsibility.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

責任無責任責任to ent…無nothin…財wealth貧poor費expens…貿trade貯to sav…績achiev…夕evenin…石stone斥reject汐evenin…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 貝Map of reading セキAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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