任
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Translingual[edit]
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Han character[edit]
任 (radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人竹土 (OHG), four-corner 22214, composition ⿰亻壬)
Derived characters[edit]
- 𠲏, 姙, 㤛, 拰, 㳝, 𤞘, 栣, 𭴞, 𭹆, 𥆂, 秹, 絍(𫟃), 袵, 䛘(𬣯), 𨠲, 銋, 餁, 荏, 䇮, 𤶄, 𫕤, 凭, 𫶭, 恁, 栠, 𤇲, 㶵, 𠄶, 𬓧, 䋕, 賃(赁), 䣸, 鵀(𬸊)
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 94, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 416
- Dae Jaweon: page 200, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 122, character 6
- Unihan data for U+4EFB
Chinese[edit]
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Glyph origin[edit]
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *njɯm, *njɯms): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 壬 (OC *l̥ʰeːŋʔ, *njɯm) – to carry on a shoulder pole.
Note that its phonetic part 壬 (OC *njɯm) may be the graphical representation of 任, depicting a shoulder pole that was rotated for 90 degrees.
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with 妊 (OC *njɯms, “pregnant”) and Tibetan སྣོམ་པ (snom pa, “to take; seize; hold”). May also be cognate with Proto-Kam-Sui *ȵam¹ (“to hold”) and Old Khmer nāṃ (“to carry”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation 1[edit]
Definitions[edit]
任
- to carry on a shoulder pole; to carry
- to bear; to endure; to put up with
- to take charge of; to assume the post of; to be in charge of
- to trust to; to rely on; to believe; to guarantee
- to appoint; to assign someone to a post
- to indulge; to be self-indulgent; to allow
- load; burden; luggage; baggage
- duty; responsibility; obligation
- tenure; term of office; incumbency
- office; post; position
- officeholder; postholder
- even if; even though
- no matter how; regardless of
- Classifier for terms of office.
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 任
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Pronunciation 2[edit]
Definitions[edit]
任
- (historical) an ancient woman's rank of nobility
- (historical) an ancient music of the southern indigenous people
- † Alternative form of 壬 (rén, “artful”).
- A surname.
Compounds[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
任
Readings[edit]
- Go-on: にん (nin, Jōyō)←にん (nin, historical)←にむ (nimu, ancient)
- Kan-on: じん (jin)←じん (zin, historical)←じむ (zimu, ancient)
- Kun: まかす (makasu, 任す, Jōyō); まかせる (makaseru, 任せる, Jōyō); になう (ninau, 任う); たえる (taeru, 任える)
- Nanori: さ (sa); とう (tō); ひで (hide)
Compounds[edit]
Noun[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
任 (eum 임 (im))
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Compounds[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
任: Hán Việt readings: nhậm[1][2][3], nhiệm[1][3], nhâm[3]
任: Nôm readings: nhậm[1][2][3], nhằm[1][2][3], nhiệm[1][4], nhầm[2][4], nhẩm[3][4], nhăm[3], nhặm[3], vững[3]
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