- 担当 — (be) in charge / responsible
- 負担 — burden / responsibility
- 分担 — division of labor / sharing
- 担任 — homeroom teacher
- 担架 — stretcher
- 担保 — collateral / security
- 担ぐ — to carry on one’s shoulder
- 担う — 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.
責任を 担う。
To take on responsibility.
彼が この仕事を 担当しています。
He is in charge of this task.