Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
blame, condemn, censure
Kun:
せ.める
On:
セキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
598 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 責 【セキ】 responsibility, duty, obligation
  • 責任 【セキニン】 duty, responsibility (incl. supervision of staff), liability, onus
  • 問責 【モンセキ】 blame, censure, reproof, reprimand, rebuke
  • 引責 【インセキ】 taking responsibility

Kun reading compounds

  • 責める 【せめる】 to condemn, to blame, to criticize, to criticise, to reproach, to accuse, to urge, to press, to pester, to torture, to torment, to persecute, to break in (a horse)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ze2, zhai4
Korean:
chaeg, chae

Spanish

  • condena
  • censura
  • obligación
  • condenar
  • censurar
  • culpar
  • criticar

Portuguese

  • culpa
  • condenar
  • censurar

French

  • blâmer
  • condamner
  • critiquer
649 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
751 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
728 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
759 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4492 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
492 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
923 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
655 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
666 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
638 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1726 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3115 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1595 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2176 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1555 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36682 Morohashi
2467 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5780 New Nelson (John Haig)
1541 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1661 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
739 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1461 2001 Kanji
7b4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-7 SKIP code
5080.6 Four corner code
1-32-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8cac Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
217 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 任 【ニン】 obligation, duty, charge, responsibility
  • 任意 【ニンイ】 optional, voluntary, arbitrary, random, discretionary, facultative, spontaneous, any, arbitrary
  • 再任 【サイニン】 reappointment
  • 在任 【ザイニン】 being in office

Kun reading compounds

  • 任せる 【まかせる】 to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone), to entrust (to someone), to entrust (someone) with, to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.), to let (take its own course), to let (happen), to give (oneself to something), to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full, to use freely, to use without reserve
  • 任す 【まかす】 to entrust (to someone), to leave (in someone's hands)

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 とう、 ひで
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ren4, ren2
Korean:
im

Spanish

  • responsabilidad
  • deber
  • confiar a
  • dejar a cargo de

Portuguese

  • responsabilidade
  • dever
  • termo
  • confiar para
  • nomear

French

  • responsabilité
  • devoir
  • terme
  • confier à
  • nommer
688 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
785 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
764 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
310 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
374 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
414 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
307 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
235 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
334 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
334 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
639 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
69 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
57 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
37 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
38 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1012 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
416 Morohashi
53 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
136 New Nelson (John Haig)
1003 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1078 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
349 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
662 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2172 2001 Kanji
2a4.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-4 SKIP code
2221.4 Four corner code
1-39-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4efb Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
cart, car
Parts:
Variants:
revolve, turn around, change
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
327 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 転 【テン】 change in pronunciation or meaning of a word, sound change, word with an altered pronunciation or meaning, turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
  • 転移 【テンイ】 moving (location, with the times, etc.), change, transition, metastasis, spread, transition (e.g. phase transition), transfer (of learning), transference (in psychoanalysis)
  • 不退転 【フタイテン】 determination, conviction
  • 大回転 【ダイカイテン】 giant slalom, big rotation

Kun reading compounds

  • 転がる 【ころがる】 to roll, to tumble, to fall over, to roll over, to lie down, to be scattered about, to be lying around, (of a situation or outcome) to change, to turn out, to come easily, to be common, to fall into one's hands, to grow on trees
  • 転がる石には苔は付かない 【ころがるいしにはこけはつかない】 a rolling stone gathers no moss
  • 転げる 【ころげる】 to roll over, to tumble, to roll about (with laughter)
  • 転がす 【ころがす】 to roll, to wheel, to trundle, to drive (a car), to turn over, to tip over, to throw down, to leave, to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
  • 転ぶ 【ころぶ】 to fall down, to fall over, to turn out, to play out, to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism), to apostatize, to roll, to tumble, (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret
  • 転ぶ 【ころぶ】 to fall down, to fall over, to turn out, to play out, to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism), to apostatize, to roll, to tumble, (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret
  • 転 【うたた】 more and more, increasingly, all the more
  • うたた寝 【うたたね】 doze, nap, snooze
  • 眩く 【くるめく】 to feel dizzy, to feel faint, to spin, to revolve, to twirl

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhuan3, zhuai3, zhuan4
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • cambiar
  • girar
  • rodar
  • caerse
  • tropezar
  • dar vueltas
  • volcarse
  • caer

Portuguese

  • revolver
  • voltar a ser
  • mudança

French

  • rouler
  • tourner
  • changer
479 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
375 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
354 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
339 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4615 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
515 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
257 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1656 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.16 Japanese for Busy People
433 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
439 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
65 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1773 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1872 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
995 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1346 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
427 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38234P Morohashi
1480 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5948 New Nelson (John Haig)
420 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
449 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
383 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1571 2001 Kanji
7c4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-4 SKIP code
5103.1 Four corner code
1-37-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ee2 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
marry into, bride
Kun:
よめとつ.ぐい.くゆ.く
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1581 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 嫁す 【カス】 to wed, to be married, to shift blame to someone else
  • 嫁する 【カスル】 to wed, to be married, to shift blame to someone else
  • 責任転嫁 【セキニンテンカ】 shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone), passing the buck
  • 再嫁 【サイカ】 remarriage (of a woman)

Kun reading compounds

  • 嫁 【よめ】 bride, (one's) daughter-in-law, wife
  • 嫁入り 【よめいり】 marriage, wedding
  • 新嫁 【しんよめ】 newly-wed bride
  • 惣嫁 【そうか】 streetwalker (Edo period)
  • 嫁ぐ 【とつぐ】 to marry (of a woman), to become a bride, to marry into (a family), to have sexual intercourse

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jia4
Korean:
ga

Spanish

  • novia
  • nuera
  • casarse
  • dar responsabilidad

Portuguese

  • Casar
  • noiva

French

  • prendre mari
  • mariage
  • belle-fille
1049 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1469 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1249 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1223 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1199 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1749 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1873 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
599 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
451 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
780 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
458 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
582 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
548 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6602 Morohashi
635 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1256 New Nelson (John Haig)
542 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
581 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1617 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1751 2001 Kanji
3e10.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
4343.2 Four corner code
1-18-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ac1 Unicode hex code