Today’s #kanji is 責, which is listed under its semantic element of #かい(貝, money/wealth). 責 used to be written differently and its phonetic element is 朿 although 責 and 朿 do not share a sound in Japanese.
Meaning: responsibility, duty, to blame, etc.
Reading: セキ、シャク*、せ、
責任(セキニン): responsibility, a liability, obligation, duty
責務(セキム): duty, an obligation
引責(インセキ)する: to take the responsibility on oneself, to assume responsibility
自責(ジセキ): self-reproach, self-condemnation
叱責(シッセキ): a reproof, reproach, a rebuke, a reprimand
重責(ジュウセキ): a heavy responsibility, an important mission
職責(ショクセキ): the responsibilities of one’s job, one’s duties
文責(ブンセキ): the responsibility for the wording of an article
責(せ)める: to blame, to condemn, to charge; to torture, to persecute; to urge, to press
良心(リョウシン)の呵責(カシャク): the qualm of conscience, a pang of guilt
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