Chinese symbol for “liable”

有责任

yǒu zé rèn

Traditional: 有責任

liable; responsible

The closest CC-CEDICT match for liable is 有责任 (yǒu zé rèn), defined as: liable; responsible.

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

有 yǒu

to have, to own, to possess; to exist

radical 74 ⽉ · 6 strokes

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

責 zé

Related words

Other words that share a character with 有责任.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
没有 (沒有)	méi yǒu	haven't; hasn't
所有	suǒ yǒu	all; to have; to possess; to own
还有 (還有)	hái yǒu	there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
只有	zhǐ yǒu	only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才 (cái)) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 (zhǐ yǒu tōng gu
有人	yǒu rén	someone; people
有关 (有關)	yǒu guān	to have sth to do with; to relate to
负责 (負責)	fù zé	to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious
责任 (責任)	zé rèn	responsibility; duty; liability
任何	rèn hé	any; whatever; whichever

See also: Japanese symbol for “liable”.

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.