嘱
嘱 — Entrust
entrust, request, send a message
On’yomiショク (shoku)
Kun’yomiしょくする (shokusuru)
Kun’yomiたのむ (tanomu)
Stroke order (15 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 嘱
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嘱託 | しょくたく shokutaku | commission; entrusting with (work); part-time employee |
| 委嘱 | いしょく ishoku | commissioning; entrusting (with); request |
| 嘱望 | しょくぼう shokubou | having great hopes for (someone's future); expecting much of; pinning one's hopes on |
Study notes
嘱 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1903 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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