責
blame; condemn; censure
11 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 598.
Readings
- セキ (on reading): 責任 (せきにん) duty; 責任者 (せきにんしゃ) person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff)
- せめる (kun reading): 責める (せめる) to condemn; 責め (せめ) responsibility
Components
- 龶
- 貝
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- 二 radical two
- 亠 radical lid
- 土 radical earth
- 目 radical eye
- 貝 radical shell; money
Kanji containing 責
- 積 volume
- 債 bond
- 績 exploits
- 漬 pickling
- 勣 merit
- 嘖 scold
- 磧 expanse of sand
- 簀 rough mat (reeds)
- 蹟 remains
Words using 責
- 責任 (せきにん) duty
- 責任者 (せきにんしゃ) person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff)
- 最高経営責任者 (さいこうけいえいせきにんしゃ) chief executive officer
- 無責任 (むせきにん) irresponsibility
- 叱責 (しっせき) reprimand
- 責める (せめる) to condemn
- 責め (せめ) responsibility
- 責め立てる (せめたてる) to criticize harshly
- 水責め (みずぜめ) water torture
- 言葉責め (ことばぜめ) verbal abuse
- 呵責 (かしゃく) blame
- 良心の呵責 (りょうしんのかしゃく) pangs of conscience
153 words in all.