嘱

See also: 囑

Translingual

Han character

嘱 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口尸竹月 (RSHB), composition ⿰口属)

1. order, tell, instruct, leave word

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 207, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4249
• Dae Jaweon: page 430, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 687, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5631

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 嘱 – see 囑 (“to enjoin; to urge; to instruct; to entrust; to put into the care of; to request; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 囑).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	嘱
Kyūjitai	囑

Kanji

嘱

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 囑)

1. entrust
2. request

Readings

• Go-on: そく (soku)
• Kan-on: しょく (shoku, Jōyō)^{←しよく (syoku, historical)}
• Kun: たのむ (tanomu, 嘱む)

Compounds

Compounds

• 委(い)嘱(しょく) (ishoku, “entrusting with”)
• 遺(い)嘱(しょく) (ishoku, “dying wish”)
• 受(じゅ)嘱(しょく) (jushoku, “being entrusted with”)
• 嘱(しょく)託(たく) (shokutaku, “commission, charge, part-time”)
• 嘱(しょく)望(ぼう) (shokubō, “(having great) expectation”)
• 嘱(しょく)目(もく) (shokumoku, “paying attention to”)
• 付(ふ)嘱(しょく) (fushoku, “conferment”)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
嘱
しょく Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
囑 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 囑 (MC tsyowk). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Alternative forms

• 属

Verb

嘱(しょく)する • (shoku suru) transitive suru (stem 嘱(しょく)し (shoku shi), past 嘱(しょく)した (shoku shita))

1. entrust
2. send (a message, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "嘱する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	嘱し	しょくし	shoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	嘱し	しょくし	shoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	嘱する	しょくする	shoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	嘱する	しょくする	shoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	嘱すれ	しょくすれ	shoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	嘱せよ¹ 嘱しろ²	しょくせよ¹ しょくしろ²	shoku seyo¹ shoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	嘱される	しょくされる	shoku sareru
Causative	嘱させる 嘱さす	しょくさせる しょくさす	shoku saseru shoku sasu
Potential	嘱できる	しょくできる	shoku dekiru
Volitional	嘱しよう	しょくしよう	shoku shiyō
Negative	嘱しない	しょくしない	shoku shinai
Negative continuative	嘱せず	しょくせず	shoku sezu
Formal	嘱します	しょくします	shoku shimasu
Perfective	嘱した	しょくした	shoku shita
Conjunctive	嘱して	しょくして	shoku shite
Hypothetical conditional	嘱すれば	しょくすれば	shoku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja

嘱 • (chok) (hangeul 촉, revised chok, McCune–Reischauer ch'ok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 嘱 (chúc)

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References

• Nom Foundation