责(zé)

HSK 38 strokesTrad. 責
Readingszézhài

duty

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Character information

Pinyin
zé / zhài
Meaning
duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
責

Origin & structure

Where 责 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱龶贝

Money 贝 that must be repaid

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

龶贝bèi

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 責: Money 貝 that must be repaid

How to write 责 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 责

Common words using 责 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

fù负zé责
HSK 3

to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for

Open 负责 page →
zhǐ指zé责
HSK 5

to criticize

Open 指责 page →
zhí职zé责
HSK 6

duty

Open 职责 page →
zì自zé责
HSK 7-9

to blame oneself

Open 自责 page →
qiǎn谴zé责
HSK 7-9

to denounce

Open 谴责 page →
miǎn免zé责

exemption from responsibility

Open 免责 page →
quán全zé责

full responsibility

Open 全责 page →
qiè切zé责

to blame; to reprimand

Open 切责 page →

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