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The kanji 担: meaning, readings and stroke order
担
- Meaning
- carry, take charge
- On reading
- タン tan
- Kun reading
- かつ（ぐ） katsugu、にな（う） ninau
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 手 hand
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
- Old form
- 擔
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- gánh vác, phụ trách (đảm)
- Japanese
- かつぐ。ひきうける。
- Korean
- 메다, 맡다 (단)
- Chinese
- 担、承担
Readings, words and example sentences
タン tan · on reading
担任
homeroom teacher
担任の 先生が 教室に 来ました。
Our homeroom teacher came into the classroom.
かつ（ぐ） katsugu · kun reading · less common
担ぐ
to carry on your shoulders
みこしを みんなで 担ぎます。
We all carry the portable shrine on our shoulders.
にな（う） ninau · kun reading · less common
担う
to take on, to carry (a role)
次の 時代を 担います。
They will carry the next era on their shoulders.
Practise writing 担 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 担 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 6 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.