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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1903 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: entrust, request, send a message

Kunyomi: しょく.する, たの.む

Onyomi: ショク

Composition: 口 属

嘱

Radical

Radical: 口

Meaning: mouth, opening

Reading: くち

Frequency: 1146

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)

口

Examples

Onyomi Examples

嘱託 (ショクタク) commission, entrusting with (work), part-time employee, temporary work

嘱望 (ショクボウ) having great hopes for (someone's future), expecting much of, pinning one's hopes on

委嘱 (イショク) commissioning, entrusting (with), request, appointment (to a position)

遺嘱 (イショク) dying wish (to be carried out after one's death)

Kunyomi Examples

嘱する (しょくする) to entrust (someone) with, to pin one's hopes on (someone's future), to have great expectations for, to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.), to leave (a message), to send word

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