责 zé
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- Made of
- 龶 growing plant 贝 sea shell
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
责任
zérèn
responsibility
Characters in this word
任 rèn
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 壬 9th heavenly stem
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这是我的责任。 Zhè shì wǒ de zérèn. This is my responsibility.
- 他有责任感。 Tā yǒu zérèn gǎn. He has a sense of responsibility.
- 责任很重要。 Zérèn hěn zhòngyào. Responsibility is very important.
Related words
- 负责 fùzé to be responsible for
- 负责人 fùzérén person in charge
- 指责 zhǐzé to accuse
- 任 rèn to serve as; to hold a post
- 任 rèn to let; no matter
- 任何 rènhé any
- 任务 rènwu task
- 信任 xìnrèn to trust
- 主任 zhǔrèn department head
- 担任 dānrèn to serve as; to hold a position
- 联合 liánhé to unite; to join together
- 集中 jízhōng to concentrate