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

  • Meaning

    任 means "duty, entrust, 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.

  • 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

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    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).
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Sentences including

  • 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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