责
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zé · one's responsibility, duty

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8Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

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贝Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 责

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zéWords pronounced zé
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Example sentences

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Yí gè rén yào wèi tā de xíngwéi fù zé.一个人要为他的行为负责。

A man is responsible for his deeds.

Source: Tatoeba #332831 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā shì yíng xiāo bù de fù zé rén.他是营销部的负责人。

He is the manager of the marketing department.

Source: Tatoeba #333101 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā yào fù zé rèn, dàn zhè zé rèn tā kě dān dāng bùliǎo.他要负责任,但这责任他可担当不了。

He had to be responsible, but this was a responsibility that he couldn’t bear.

Source: Tatoeba #2367601 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā zhǐ zé wǒ bù zǎo diǎn xiě xìn gěi tā.她指责我不早点写信给她。

She accused me of not writing to her sooner.

Source: Tatoeba #9958579 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ zé bèi guò tā hěn duō cì le.我责备过他很多次了。

I've scolded him many times.

Source: Tatoeba #1415757 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā zhǐshì zé guài bié rén, cóng bú zì zé.他只是责怪别人,从不自责。

He only blames other people, and never himself.

Source: Tatoeba #3526185 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 责 in context

  1. Say zé, then recall the core meaning: one's responsibility, duty.
  2. Write all 8 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 负责 (fù zé), meaning “to be responsible for”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 责 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.