責 — blame, condemn, censure

せめる責 blame

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes

U+8CAC Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #598 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1661 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

blame
condemn
censure

word

せ se 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).

責(せ) める semeru to blame

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

責(せき) 任(にん) sekinin responsibility 無(む) 責(せき) 任(にん) musekinin irresponsible 責(せき) 務(む) sekimu duty 免(めん) 責(せき) menseki exemption from liability

Appears in idioms

責任転嫁四字熟語

blame, responsibility, revolve, marry into

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

龶 stand with line

かい貝 shellfish #154

Used as component in (4)

せき積 volume せき績 exploits さい債 bond つけ漬 pickling

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#154 貝 shell