任
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Etymology [edit]
Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 壬 – a person doing their duty.
Han character [edit]
任 (radical 9 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人竹土 (OHG), four-corner 22214, composition ⿰亻壬)
- trust to, rely on, appoint
- to bear, duty, office
- allow
- a Chinese surname
Derived characters [edit]
References [edit]
- KangXi: page 94, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 416
- Dae Jaweon: page 200, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 122, character 6
- Unihan data for U+4EFB
Cantonese [edit]
Hanzi [edit]
任 (Yale yam6)
Japanese [edit]
Kanji [edit]
Readings [edit]
Compounds [edit]
Noun [edit]
Korean [edit]
Hanja [edit]
任 (hangeul 임, revised yim, McCune-Reischauer im)
Mandarin [edit]
Hanzi [edit]
任 (pinyin rèn (ren4), Wade-Giles jen4)
Middle Chinese [edit]
Han character [edit]
任 (*njim)
Min Nan [edit]
Hanzi [edit]
任 (jîm (jim5), jīm (jim7))
Vietnamese [edit]
Han character [edit]
任 (nhậm, nhẩm, nhầm, nhiệm, nhâm, nhăm, nhặm, vững)