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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zé | ze2
English translation
one's responsibility, duty

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

bèi

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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Money  bèi that must be repaid

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

龶貝

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. bèi represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
负责 fùzé to be in charge of負責
责任 zérèn blame責任
负责人 fù zé rén person in charge負責人
职责 zhí zé duty職責
指责 zhǐzé to criticize指責
责怪 zéguài to blame責怪
谴责 qiǎnzé to denounce譴責
duty
责任感 zé rèn gǎn sense of responsibility責任感
自责 zì zé to blame oneself自責
责备 zébèi to blame責備
责任制 zé rèn zhì system of job responsibility責任制
责令 zé lìng to order責令
负责任 fù zé rèn to take responsibility負責任
责任心 zé rèn xīn sense of responsibility責任心
责任人 zé rèn rén coordinator責任人
尽责 jìn zé to do one's duty盡責
责难 zé nàn to censure責難
斥责 chì zé to lash out斥責
责成 zé chéng to give sb a task責成
罪责 zuì zé guilt罪責
尽职尽责 jìn zhí jìn zé responsible and diligent (idiom)盡職盡責
责骂 zé mà to scold責罵
责罚 zé fá to punish責罰

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