Kanji N2

担: shouldering, carry, raise

担 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning shouldering, carry, raise, written with 8 strokes. It is read タン (on) and かつぐ, になう (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 担当 (たんとう, being in charge) and 担ぐ (かつぐ, to shoulder).

担

Meanings

  • shouldering
  • carry
  • raise
  • bear
Strokes8
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#422 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • タン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • かつぐ
  • になう

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 担

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 担当たんとう

    being in charge (of an area of responsibility)

    JLPT N3
  • 担ぐかつぐ

    to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder

    JLPT N2
  • 負担ふたん

    burden; load; responsibility

    JLPT N1
  • 分担ぶんたん

    taking on one's share (e.g. of work)

    JLPT N1
  • 担架たんか

    stretcher; litter; gurney

    JLPT N1
  • 担うになう

    to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear

    JLPT N1
  • 担保たんぽ

    security; guarantee; collateral; mortgage

  • 担当者たんとうしゃ

    person in charge (of an area of work, etc.)

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.