Read Edit View history 責 zé responsibility Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 朿 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "taxation". The meaning later shifted to "responsibility". Pinyin Separate values with commas zé × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 责 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 責 Simp strokes 責 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint In ancient China shells were used as currency. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 責 Simp strokes 責 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 責 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 337, 720 ], [ 367, 714 ], [ 426, 717 ], [ 561, 740 ], [ 685, 775 ], [ 730, 771 ] ], [ [ 381, 625 ], [ 410, 618 ], [ 468, 622 ], [ 551, 637 ], [ 628, 660 ], [ 684, 659 ] ], [ [ 485, 850 ], [ 528, 814 ], [ 519, 579 ], [ 503, 555 ] ], [ [ 143, 490 ], [ 197, 481 ], [ 375, 514 ], [ 568, 541 ], [ 866, 574 ], [ 902, 571 ], [ 955, 555 ] ], [ [ 367, 454 ], [ 390, 427 ], [ 393, 410 ], [ 395, 330 ], [ 384, 194 ], [ 389, 138 ] ], [ [ 421, 439 ], [ 431, 430 ], [ 453, 431 ], [ 625, 473 ], [ 647, 468 ], [ 669, 448 ], [ 679, 434 ], [ 667, 130 ] ], [ [ 422, 329 ], [ 434, 340 ], [ 512, 355 ], [ 558, 361 ], [ 579, 355 ] ], [ [ 416, 244 ], [ 429, 255 ], [ 497, 266 ], [ 569, 274 ], [ 590, 268 ] ], [ [ 413, 161 ], [ 427, 172 ], [ 592, 187 ], [ 617, 186 ], [ 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