Kanji N3

責: blame, condemn, censure

責 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning blame, condemn, censure, written with 11 strokes. It is read セキ (on) and せめる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 責任 (せきにん, duty) and 責める (せめる, to condemn).

責

Meanings

  • blame
  • condemn
  • censure
Strokes11
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#598 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • セキ

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

Kun reading
  • せめる

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 責

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

  • 責任せきにん

    duty

    JLPT N3
  • 責めるせめる

    to condemn; to blame; to criticize; to criticise

    JLPT N3
  • 責務せきむ

    duty; obligation

    JLPT N1
  • 責任者せきにんしゃ

    person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff)

  • 引責いんせき

    taking responsibility

  • 無責任むせきにん

    irresponsibility

  • 問責もんせき

    blame; censure; reproof; reprimand; rebuke

  • 責任感せきにんかん

    sense of responsibility

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