任
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to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #511 U+4EFB
How 任 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
亻 (semantic, “person”) + 壬 (phonetic, rén)
components: 亻 壬
How to remember it
appoint · Heisig RSH #853
人 person + porter
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 壬
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 壬 (rén) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 壬 sound component | rén | 9th heavenly stem |
| 妊 | rèn | to conceive; to be pregnant |
| 衽 | rèn | collar, lapel |
| 饪 | rèn | cooked food; to cook until well-done |
| 纴 | rèn | to lay warp, to weave; to stitch, to sew |
Words containing 任
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 任城区 | Rèn chéng Qū | Rencheng, a district of Jining City 濟寧市|济宁市[Ji3 ning2 Shi4], Shandong |
| 走马上任 | zǒu mǎ shàng rèn | (idiom) to take office; to assume a post |
| 常任理事国 | cháng rèn lǐ shì guó | permanent member state (of the UN Security Council) |
| 放任自流 | fàng rèn zì liú | to let sb do whatever they want; to indulge; to give free reins to; to let things slide; t… |
| 任务管理器 | rèn wu guǎn lǐ qì | (computing) task manager |
| 任重而道远 | rèn zhòng ér dào yuǎn | see 任重道遠|任重道远[ren4 zhong4 dao4 yuan3] |
| 任人 | rèn rén | to appoint (sb to a post) |
| 任一 | rèn yī | any; either |
| 任重道远 | rèn zhòng dào yuǎn | a heavy load and a long road; fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle … |
| 无任 | wú rèn | extremely (pleased, grateful etc) |
| 不信任动议 | bù xìn rèn dòng yì | motion of no confidence (against the government, in parliamentary debates) |
| 任性 | rèn xìng | willful; headstrong; unruly |
| 任意球 | rèn yì qiú | free kick (football); free throw (handball); free hit (field hockey) |
| 多任务处理 | duō rèn wu chǔ lǐ | multitasking (computing) |
| 上任 | shàng rèn | to take office; previous (incumbent); predecessor |
| 任安 | Rén Ān | Ren An (-c. 90 BC), Han Dynasty general, also called Ren Shaoqing 任少卿 |
| 任气 | rèn qì | to act on impulse |
| 可信任 | kě xìn rèn | trusty |
| 下任 | xià rèn | next office holder; next to serve |
| 新官上任三把火 | xīn guān shàng rèn sān bǎ huǒ | (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom) |