嘱 — kanji meaning “entrust”
嘱
entrust, request, send a message
- Meanings
- entrust, request, send a message
- On'yomi
- ショク (shoku)
- Kun'yomi
- しょく.する、たの.む
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1903 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 30
- Chinese reading
- zhǔ — Chinese character page
Words with 嘱
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嘱託 | しょくたく shokutaku | commission; entrusting with (work) |
| 委嘱 | いしょく ishoku | commissioning; entrusting (with); request |
| 嘱望 | しょくぼう shokubou | having great hopes for (someone's future); expecting much of; pinning one's hopes on |
| 嘱目 | しょくもく shokumoku | paying attention to; taking note of; observing |
| 嘱託殺人 | しょくたくさつじん shokutakusatsujin | murder at the victim's request; consensual homicide |
| 付嘱 | ふしょく fushoku | conferment; act of conferring (honour, gift, etc.) |
| 委嘱状 | いしょくじょう ishokujou | letter of appointment (to a position) |
| 嘱する | しょくする shokusuru | to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for |
| 嘱す | しょくす shokusu | to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for |
| 受嘱 | じゅしょく jushoku | being entrusted with; being delegated with |
| 嘱託医 | しょくたくい shokutakui | commissioned doctor |
| 遺嘱 | いしょく ishoku | dying wish (to be carried out after one's death) |
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