音読み: セイ・シン
訓読み: うける・こ-う
画数: 15
部首: ごんべん（言）
Meaning
Request / Invite / Apply for
- Basic forms
- 請ける — accept; undertake / base form
- 請けます — accepts; undertakes / masu form
- 請けた — accepted; undertook / ta form
- 請けて — accepting … / te form
- 請けない — do not accept / negative
- 請ければ — if (one) accepts / conditional
- Common expressions
- 仕事を請ける — take on a job
- 依頼を請ける — accept a request
- 注文を請ける — take an order
- 工事を請け負う — undertake construction work
- More
- 請けている — is undertaking / state
請ける（うける） is an ichidan transitive verb. It means to formally accept or take responsibility for work, requests, or orders, and is often used in professional contexts.
- 請ける — to accept; to receive a request
- 請け負う — to contract for; to undertake
- 請求 — claim; billing; request for payment
- 申請 — application; filing a request
- 請願 — petition; formal request
With the speech radical 言, 請 is language used to ask, invite, or request. It’s the polite, formal voice of “please” in official contexts.