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Kanji Detail for 責 - "responsibility, to blame"

責

  • Meaning

    責 means "responsibility, to blame." Also associated with to demand.

    1. Responsibility - A duty; an obligation.

    2. Blame - To criticize; to find fault.

    3. Demand - To request urgently; to require.

    4. Debt - Money owed; liability.

  • Words using 責

    • 責任 せきにん Listen duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability
    • 責任者 せきにんしゃ Listen person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party
    • 責務 せきむ Listen duty; obligation
    • 無責任 むせきにん Listen irresponsibility
    • 引責 いんせき Listen taking responsibility
    • 刑事責任 けいじせきにん Listen criminal liability
    • 責任感 せきにんかん Listen sense of responsibility
    • 道義的責任 どうぎてきせきにん Listen moral obligation

  • Name readings of 責

    Given names 責(せき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    blame; condemn; censure

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    one's responsibility, duty

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    one's responsibility, duty

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To demand. When something should be done according to one's duty and it must be demanded to be so is called 責. Such as 責望 (expect), 責任 (responsibility). Also being in charge of something is called 負責 (be responsible). | To scold and rebuke. Directly pointing out someone's faults and scolding them for what they should not have done. Such as 詰責 (interrogate and blame), 深責 (severely blame). | Beating with a rod is called 責. Meaning being punished for crimes. Such as 杖責 (punishment by bamboo rod), 笞責 (punishment by whip). | In ancient times, the character for debt was written as 責.

  • Onyomi

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    seki(セキ) セキ

  • Kunyomi

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    se.meru(せ-める) せ-める

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    貝 (kai・kaihen・kogai)

  • Related Keywords

    responsibility to blame to demand debt duty reproach slander urge accountability accusation censure charge criticize culpability fault guilt liability obligation onus require request

Sentences including 責

  • He is responsible for the accident.

  • That's my fault.

  • Not only i , but also you are responsible for this accident.

  • You are to blame for the failure.

  • I as well as my brother am to blame.

  • The responsibility was in large part mine.

  • I blamed him for the accident.

  • You are responsible for the result.

  • Everyone is responsible for his own actions.

  • That's your funeral.

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