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:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mouth, opening

Examples

Onyomi Examples

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

ショクボウ (having great) expectation, pinning one's hopes on

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

イショク dying wish, wish by dying person to be carried out after their death

Kunyomi Examples

する しょくする to entrust, to send (a message, etc.)