Memory phrase for the character: 责

责

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Meaning

responsibility, duty, to reproach, to blame

Pronunciation

zé

Explanation

Top: growing plant

/丰, below: shell/money 贝/貝 (= cone-shell 目 with two feelers 八 as shell-money)

Mnemonic

Growing plants and money mean responsibility.

Radicals

责	responsibility
丰	growing plant	Shows a growing plant 丨 with three 三 branches. When a leaf ノ is added, it becomes life 生.
贝	shell, money	This is simplified from 貝, which showed a cowries-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八 that was used as money.

Vocabulary

责任	zé rèn	responsibility; blame; duty
责任制	zé rèn zhì	system of job responsibility
负责	fù zé	to be in charge of; to take responsibility for; to be to blame; conscientious
谴责	qiǎn zé	to denounce; to condemn; to criticize; condemnation; criticism
职责	zhí zé	duty; responsibility; obligation
指责	zhǐ zé	to criticize; to find fault with; to denounce
指责	zhǐ zé

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