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責任

せきにん

responsibility, liability

Mnemonic

Somebody has to answer for it, and the duty of doing so is a thing you can pick up or leave. He picked it up and resigned rather than let somebody else take the sack せき: せきにん.

Built from

blame, responsibility
貝 money down at the bottom with a mark over the top of it. What is owed, and who has to answer for it.
entrust, duty
亻 a person on the left with the load stacked up on the right. Handing the job over and stepping back from it.

Words sharing these kanji

to blame to entrust to, to leave it to

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