担

音読おんよみ: タン

訓読くんよみ: かつ・にな

画数かくすう: 8 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 扌(てへん)

Meaning

Carry / Shoulder / Bear / Take On

  • 担当たんとう — (be) in charge / responsible
  • 負担ふたん — burden / responsibility
  • 分担ぶんたん — division of labor / sharing
  • 担任たんにん — homeroom teacher
  • 担架たんか — stretcher
  • 担保たんぽ — collateral / security
  • かつぐ — to carry on one’s shoulder
  • になう — to shoulder / to bear

Formed with 扌 (hand radical) and 旦 (sun at dawn). It conveys using one’s hands to take on or shoulder something, often a duty or load. Common in admin and education to mark responsibility or role.

責任せきにんになう。
To take on responsibility.

かれこの仕事しごと担当たんとうしています。
He is in charge of this task.

担
Creates
負担ふたん — burden / responsibility
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