嘱
entrust, request, send a message
Readings
On'yomi
- ショク
Kun'yomi
- しょく.する
- たの.む
Meaning
嘱 centers on giving someone a task or message with trust: entrusting a duty, making a request, or sending a message that relies on the recipient to act.
Most common words using 嘱
- 嘱託しょくたく
commission; entrusting with (work)
- 委嘱いしょく
commissioning; entrusting (with); request; appointment (to a position)
- 嘱望しょくぼう
having great hopes for (someone's future); expecting much of; pinning one's hopes on
- 付嘱ふしょく
conferment; act of conferring (honour, gift, etc.)
- 受嘱じゅしょく
being entrusted with; being delegated with
- 嘱すしょくす
to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for
- 嘱するしょくする
to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for
- 嘱目しょくもく
paying attention to; taking note of; observing; watching; having great expectations for
- 嘱託医しょくたくい
commissioned doctor
- 嘱託殺人しょくたくさつじん
murder at the victim's request; consensual homicide
- 嘱託社員しょくたくしゃいん
contract employee (esp. one rehired after mandatory retirement)
- 委嘱状いしょくじょう
letter of appointment (to a position)
- 遺嘱いしょく
dying wish (to be carried out after one's death)
Study
Etymology
嘱 combines 口 (mouth) with 属, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of attaching or belonging. The compound suggests attaching a spoken request or message to someone.
Meaning mnemonic
The mouth 口 speaks a request, and the right side 属 looks like a person bending under a load, as if entrusted with a task. Together, 嘱 is entrusting a message or request.
Reading mnemonic
For ショク, imagine a shock of responsibility when someone entrusts you with an important message: shock -> ショク, and you must deliver the request.