Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

嘱: entrust, request

Also: send a message

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

口 carries the meaning · 属 gives the sound

15 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ショクshoku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 嘱託しょくたくcommission; entrusting with (work)
  • 委嘱いしょくcommissioning; entrusting (with); request
  • 嘱望しょくぼうhaving great hopes for (someone's future)

Also read しょくする, たのむ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
More in the 口 mouth story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
口

Also built on mouth (口)

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Also read ショク

11 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 囑 · zhǔ

Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 嘱. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 囑.

Simplified
嘱 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
囑 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zhǔ most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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