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責
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责
🇨🇳

responsibility

HSK 10 N2
Human →Actions
zé
セキ
せ.める
책, 채
Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 朿 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "taxation". The meaning later shifted to "responsibility".
Components
朿 stab+ 貝 shellfish =
責 responsibility
朿 Phonetic component
cì stab
View phonetic series →
貝 Meaning component
shellfish
In ancient China shells were used as currency.
Notes
Similar Characters
责 One'S Responsibility (simp)刺 thorn棘 thorn bushes策 strategy脊 backbone棗 jujube (trad)寶 treasure (trad)得 must負 defeated (trad/jp)貪 greedy (trad/jp)貫 pierce (trad/jp)買 buy (trad/jp)賏 pearls or shells賓 visitor (trad/jp)唄 song (trad/jp)敗 fail (trad/jp)狽 short (trad)賊 burglar (trad/jp)贅 unnecessary (trad)鋇 barium (trad)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Bronze
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
責
Regular
Modern
Chinese
责 / 責 [zé]
duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame
Japanese
責 せき 同音
noun responsibility; duty; obligation
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
責 せき
Seki given name
CHINESE WORDS (68)
负责 [fù​zé] #771
to be in charge of
责任 [zé​rèn] #1,140
responsibility
负责人 [fù​zé​rén] #4,721
person in charge
职责 [zhí​zé] #2,747
duty
指责 [zhǐ​zé] #4,230
to criticize
责怪 [zé​guài] #4,678
to blame
谴责 [qiǎn​zé] #7,292
to denounce
责任感 [zé​rèn​gǎn] #11,256
sense of responsibility
自责 [zì​zé] #6,301
to blame oneself
责备 [zé​bèi] #6,680
to blame
58 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (151)
⭐ 責任 [せきにん] #1,133
duty
⭐ 責める [せめる] #1,970
to condemn
⭐ 責任者 [せきにんしゃ] #6,550
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff)
⭐ 無責任 [むせきにん] #6,763
irresponsibility
責任を取る [せきにんをとる] #7,561
to take responsibility (for a fallout)
⭐ 責任を持つ [せきにんをもつ] #7,950
to be responsible for
⭐ 責務 [せきむ] #11,869
duty
叱責 [しっせき] #11,879
reprimand
⭐ 責任感 [せきにんかん] #12,139
sense of responsibility
責め [せめ] #14,223
responsibility
141 more items
KOREAN WORDS (14)
책임 #12,856
duty; responsibility; obligation
책임자 #17,197
person in charge
책임감 #20,945
sense of responsibility
자책 #31,877
self-reproach
가책 #32,485
admonishment; rebuke
견책
reprimand; censure; rebuke
면책
exemption from responsibility
문책
reprimand
인책
taking responsibility
중책
important role
4 more items