Chinese symbol for “obligation”
职责
zhí zé
Traditional: 職責
duty; responsibility; obligation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for obligation is 职责 (zhí zé), defined as: duty; responsibility; obligation.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “obligation”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 职责.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 职业 (職業) | zhí yè | occupation; profession; vocation; professional |
| 职务 (職務) | zhí wù | post; position |
| 职工 (職工) | zhí gōng | employee; staff member; worker |
| 辞职 (辭職) | cí zhí | to resign |
| 职位 (職位) | zhí wèi | position; post; job |
| 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 |
| 负责人 (負責人) | fù zé rén | person in charge |
See also: Japanese symbol for “obligation”.
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.