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Chinese symbol for “liability”

责任
zé rèn
Traditional: 責任
responsibility; duty; liability

The closest CC-CEDICT match for liability is 责任 (zé rèn), defined as: responsibility; duty; liability.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

责 zé
one's responsibility, duty
radical 154 ⾙ · 8 strokes
任 rèn
to trust, to rely on; to appoint; to bear; duty, office
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “liability”

WordPinyinMeaning
法律责任 (法律責任)fǎ lǜ zé rènlegal responsibility; liability
债务 (債務)zhài wùdebt; liability
负债 (負債)fù zhàito be in debt; to incur debts

Related words

Other words that share a character with 责任.

WordPinyinMeaning
负责 (負責)fù zéto be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious
负责人 (負責人)fù zé rénperson in charge
谴责 (譴責)qiǎn zéto denounce; to condemn
职责 (職責)zhí zéduty; responsibility
指责 (指責)zhǐ zéto criticize; to find fault with
任何rèn héany; whatever; whichever
任务 (任務)rèn wumission; assignment; task; duty; role; 项 (xiàng)
主任zhǔ rèndirector; head

See also: Japanese symbol for “liability”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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