嘱する

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょく
Grade: S
kan'on
Alternative spelling
囑する (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょくす [shòkúsúꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞kɯ̟sɨɾɯ̟]

Verb

(しょく)する • (shokusurutransitive suru (stem (しょく) (shokushi), past (しょく)した (shokushita))

  1. entrust
    Synonym: 属する
  2. send (a message, etc.)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN