The Japanese Radical: 責


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liability, responsibility    責

Explanation Growing plants and money 貝 mean liabilities

Used in these characters:
積
JLPT 3Joyo 4
 pile, stack, product
tsumu, SEKI
 禾 責 貝
Left: rice plant 禾, right: responsibility, liability 責 (... for growing plants and money 貝)
Rice plants and growing plants and money: These are things to pile.  
責
JLPT 2Joyo 5
 responsibility, liability, blame
semeru, SEKI
 貝 責
Top: growing plant , below: shell/money 貝
Growing plants and money mean responsibility ..and liability.  
績
JLPT 2Joyo 5
 to spin (a textile) achievement, technique
SEKI
 糸 責 貝
Left: thread 糸, right: liability, responsibility 責 (... for growing plants and money 貝)
Threads have the "responsibility" to be used for spinning.  
債
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 debt, loan, credit
SAI
 亻 責 貝
Left: person 人, right: liability, blame 責 (... for growing plants and money 貝)
A person bears the liability for his debt.  
漬
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 to pickle (food), soak
tsukaru/keru, SHI
 氵 責 貝
Left: water 氵, right: liability/blame 責 (for growing plants and money 貝)
Water is necessary (= has a liability), when the pickles get soaked.  
噴
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 eruption, emit, spout, flush out
fuku, FUN
 口 責 卉 艹 貝
Left: mouth, opening 口, right: 卉 (ten 十, plant 艹), shell/money 貝
Out of the opening, ten plants and money were flushed out at the eruption.  
墳
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 (burial-)mound, grave, tomb
FUN
 土 責 卉 艹 貝
Left: earth 土, right: 卉 (ten 十, plant 艹), shell/money 貝
Earth, ten plants and money are needed for: a burial mound.  
憤
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 rage, aroused, indignant, anger
ikidōru, FUN
 忄 責 卉 艹 貝
Left: feeling 忄, right: 卉 (ten 十, plant 艹), shell/money 貝
He has feelings about the 10 plants costing that (much) money: He is in rage.  

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