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任

任 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. つとめ。
  2. になう。
  3. まかせる。
  4. 職務につける。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「人」+音符「壬」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ニンElem.
Kun (native)
  • まか(せる)Elem.
  • まか(す)Elem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • さ
  • とう
  • ひで
Other languages
  • 拼音ren4
  • 拼音ren2
  • 한글im
  • Hán-ViệtNhâm
  • Hán-ViệtNhậm

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+4EFB

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻壬

Words using this kanji

  • 任期にんきある職務を務める期間。term of office
  • 任務にんむその人の責任とされる事務。役目。duty, function, office, mission
  • 任意にんいその者の意志に任せること。自由に行うこと。してもよく、しなくてもよいこと。どのようにしてもよいこと。 特定の選び方によらずに選ぶこと。自由に選ぶこと。また自由に選んだおのおのすべて。 相手方の同意を得て行うこと。optional, voluntary, arbitrary, random
  • 任命にんめい人をある地位または職につくよう命ずること。appointment, nomination, ordination, commission
  • 任すまかすto entrust (to someone), to leave (in someone's hands)
  • 任にん(ニン) 課せられた仕事。果たすべき役目。 (ニン)任務にふさわしい能力を持つこと。 (まき、まけ) 任命すること。obligation, duty, charge, responsibility
  • 任せるまかせる「まかせる」を参照。to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone), to entrust (to someone), to entrust (someone) with, to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.)
  • 任官にんかん官職に任命されること。また、任命すること。appointment (to an office), investiture, commission
  • 任地にんち任務を遂行するために居住する地。one's place of appointment, one's post
  • 任侠にんきょうchivalry, chivalrous spirit, helping the weak and fighting the strong, yakuza
  • 任免にんめん職務に就かせることと、職務を辞めさせること。appointments and dismissal
  • 任意出頭にんいしゅっとうvoluntarily appearing for police questioning
  • 任用にんよう人に職務を与えて用いること。appointment, employment
  • 任職にんしょくordination, appointment to a post
  • 任国にんごくone's country of assignment (e.g. for an ambassador)
  • 任せまかせleaving everything up to someone else
  • 任所にんしょone's place of appointment, one's post
  • 任脈にんみゃくconception vessel (in traditional Chinese medicine), Ren channel
  • 任じるにんじる職務に就ける、任命する。 ～だと自負する。to appoint, to nominate, to consider (oneself) to be, to pose as
  • 任ずるにんずる「任じる」 (ザ行上一段活用) に同じ。to appoint, to nominate, to consider (oneself) to be, to pose as

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-4
Four Corner
2221.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a4.9
Heisig
1078
Nelson
374