The kanji 嘱: meaning, readings and stroke order

嘱

Meaning: entrust, request
On reading: ショク shoku
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 15
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Old form: 囑

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: giao phó, nhờ cậy (chúc)
Japanese: たのむ。まかせる。
Korean: 부탁하다, 맡기다 (촉)
Chinese: 嘱托、委托

Readings, words and example sentences

ショク shoku · on reading · less common

嘱しょく託たく
contract staff (non-regular)
嘱しょく託たくの仕事をします。
He works as a contract employee.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.