担 — shouldering, carry, raise

になう担 shouldering

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 8 strokes

U+62C5 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #422 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #721 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

shouldering
carry
raise
bear

word

にな nina Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

担(にな) う ninau to carry on one's shoulder 担(にな) い手(て) ninaite bearer

たん tan On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

担(たん) 当(とう) tantou charge 負(ふ) 担(たん) futan burden 担(たん) 保(ぽ) tanpo security 分(ぶん) 担(たん) buntan sharing 担(たん) 任(にん) tannin homeroom teacher

かつ katsu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

担(かつ) ぐ katsugu to carry on one's shoulder

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

扌 hand (left form)

たん旦 daybreak

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