Kanji Detail for 擔 - "carry, undertake, load, picul"

擔

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
擔 means "carry, undertake, load, picul."
1. Carry - To bear on the shoulder.
2. Undertake - To take responsibility for.
3. Load - Baggage; cargo.
4. Picul - A unit of weight; one hundred catties.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

carry; bear; undertake

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

carry, bear, undertake

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to bear, to carry; burden, responsibility

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

Carrying on the back is 負; carrying on the shoulder is 擔. Now, taking responsibility is 擔任, same meaning. | What is carried. Commonly, weighing a hundred jin or measuring one shi is called 一擔.
Onyomi

tan(タン)
Kunyomi

katsu.gu(かつ-ぐ)

nina.u(にな-う)
Strokes

17 strokes
Radical

手扌 (te・tehen)
Related Keywords
carry bear shoulder undertake take responsibility load baggage cargo picul unit weight hundred catties