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Kanji Detail for 任 - "duty, to entrust, to appoint"

任

  • Meaning

    任 means "duty, to entrust, to appoint."

    1. Duty - A responsibility; an obligation.

    2. Entrust - To give responsibility; to assign.

    3. Appoint - To designate; to assign a role.

    4. Endure - To bear; to withstand.

  • Words using 任

    • 責任 せきにん Listen duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability
    • 就任 しゅうにん Listen assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration
    • 辞任 じにん Listen resignation (from a position)
    • 任期 にんき Listen term of office
    • 常任 じょうにん Listen standing; regular; permanent
    • 後任 こうにん Listen successor
    • 責任者 せきにんしゃ Listen person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party
    • 主任 しゅにん Listen person in charge; senior staff; manager

  • Four-character idioms with 任

    • 責任転嫁 せきにんてんか Listen shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); passing the buck
    • 白紙委任 はくしいにん Listen carte blanche; blank check; blank cheque
    • 自由放任 じゆうほうにん Listen laissez-faire; non-intervention
    • 連帯責任 れんたいせきにん Listen collective responsibility; joint liability

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    • Verified meaning: duty, to entrust, to appoint
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あたる, いむ, じん, たかし)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 任

    Given names 任(じん)Listen 任(たかし)Listen 任(たもつ)Listen 任(つとむ)Listen 任(まかす)Listen 任(まこと)Listen

    Surnames 任(あたる)Listen 任(いむ)Listen 任(ただし)Listen 任(にん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    responsibility; duty; term; entrust to; appoint

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    trust to, rely on, appoint; to bear, duty, office; allow

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Ren

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to trust, to rely on; to appoint; to bear; duty, office

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Sincere and honest. Trusting through kindness is called 任. | To be able to bear. Such as 無任懸系, where 無任 means "unable to bear." | To shoulder. Such as 任勞 (shoulder hardship), 任怨 (shoulder blame). Meaning to bear responsibility. | Matter; affair. Duty. An official's duty is also called 任. Such as taking up a position is called 赴任. | To appoint. Meaning to promote someone and assign authority. Such as appointing officials is called 任命. | To let be; to allow. Such as 任意 (as one wishes), 任便 (as convenient).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    nin(ニン) ニン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    maka.su(ま-かす) ま-かす

    makaseru(まか-せる) まか-せる

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    duty to entrust to appoint allow bear endure responsibility accountability assign authority charge commitment delegation designate function mandate mission obligation power role task withstand

Sentences including 任

  • He is responsible for the accident.

  • That's my fault.

  • Not only i , but also you are responsible for this accident.

  • Leave it to me.

  • You are to blame for the failure.

  • I as well as my brother am to blame.

  • The responsibility was in large part mine.

  • I blamed him for the accident.

  • Let's take a chance on the weather.

  • You are responsible for the result.

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