See also: and
U+4EFB, 任
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EFB

[U+4EFA]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4EFC]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 9, +4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人竹土 (OHG), four-corner 22214, composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
         




References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *njɯm, *njɯms): semantic (person) + phonetic (OC *l̥ʰeːŋʔ, *njɯm) – to carry on a shoulder pole.

Note that its phonetic part (OC *njɯm) may be the graphical representation of , depicting a shoulder pole rotated by 90 degrees.

Etymology edit

Cognate with (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


Note: literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 任 (責)
Mandarin Beijing /ʐən⁵¹/
Harbin /ʐən⁵³/
Tianjin /in⁵³/
/ʐən⁵³/
Jinan /ʐẽ²¹/
Qingdao /iə̃⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ʐən³¹²/
Xi'an /ʐẽ⁴⁴/
Xining /ʐə̃²¹³/
Yinchuan /ʐəŋ¹³/
Lanzhou /ʐə̃n¹³/
Ürümqi /ʐɤŋ²¹³/
Wuhan /nən³⁵/
Chengdu /zən¹³/
Guiyang /zen²¹³/
Kunming /ʐə̃²¹²/
Nanjing /ʐən⁴⁴/
Hefei /ʐən⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /zəŋ⁴⁵/
Pingyao /ʐəŋ³⁵/
Hohhot /ʐə̃ŋ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /zəŋ²³/
Suzhou /zən³¹/
Hangzhou /zen¹³/
Wenzhou /zaŋ²²/
Hui Shexian /iʌ̃²²/
Tunxi /ian¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ʐən⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /in⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /lɨn²¹/
Hakka Meixian /im⁵³/
Taoyuan /im⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jɐm²²/
Nanning /jɐm²²/
Hong Kong /jɐm²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /lim²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ɛiŋ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /iŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /zim³⁵/
/zim³¹/
Haikou (Hainanese) /zim³³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (38)
Final () (139)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter nyimH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiɪmH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵimH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑjemH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵimH/
Li
Rong
/ȵiəmH/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭĕmH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯əmH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
rèn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jam6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
rèn
Middle
Chinese
‹ nyimH ›
Old
Chinese
/*n[ə]m-s/
English burden; charge (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 10823
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*njɯms/

Definitions edit

  1. to carry on a shoulder pole; to carry
  2. to bear; to endure; to put up with
  3. to take charge of; to assume the post of; to be in charge of
  4. to trust to; to rely on; to believe; to guarantee
  5. to appoint; to assign someone to a post
  6. to indulge; to be self-indulgent; to allow
    •   ―  fàngrèn  ―  to indulge
  7. load; burden; luggage; baggage
  8. duty; responsibility; obligation
  9. tenure; term of office; incumbency
    •   ―  xiànrèn  ―  to be currently serving as; incumbent
    •   ―  qiánrèn  ―  predecessor
    •   ―  rèn  ―  successor
  10. office; post; position
  11. officeholder; postholder
  12. even if; even though
  13. no matter how; regardless of
  14. Classifier for terms of office.

Compounds edit

Pronunciation 2 edit


Note:
  • jam4 - prescribed;
  • jam6 - variant.
  • Southern Min
  • Wu
  • Note: vernacular (“surname”).

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 任 (姓)
    Mandarin Beijing /ʐən³⁵/
    Harbin /ʐən²⁴/
    Tianjin /in⁴⁵/
    /ʐən⁴⁵/
    Jinan /ʐẽ⁴²/
    Qingdao /iə̃⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /ʐən⁴²/
    Xi'an /ʐẽ²⁴/
    Xining /ʐə̃²⁴/
    Yinchuan /ʐəŋ⁵³/
    Lanzhou /ʐə̃n⁵³/
    Ürümqi /ʐɤŋ⁵¹/
    Wuhan /nən²¹³/
    Chengdu /zən³¹/
    Guiyang /zen²¹/
    Kunming /ʐə̃³¹/
    Nanjing /ʐən²⁴/
    Hefei /ʐən⁵⁵/
    Jin Taiyuan /zəŋ¹¹/
    Pingyao /ʐəŋ¹³/
    Hohhot /ʐə̃ŋ³¹/
    Wu Shanghai /ȵiŋ²³/
    /zəŋ²³/
    Suzhou /ȵin¹³/
    Hangzhou /zen²¹³/
    Wenzhou /ȵaŋ³¹/
    Hui Shexian /iʌ̃²²/
    Tunxi /ian¹¹/
    Xiang Changsha /ʐən¹³/
    Xiangtan /in⁵⁵/
    Gan Nanchang
    Hakka Meixian /im⁵³/
    Taoyuan
    Cantonese Guangzhou /jɐm²¹/
    Nanning /jɐm²²/
    Hong Kong /jɐm²¹/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /lim³⁵/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /iŋ⁵³/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /iŋ²¹/
    Shantou (Teochew) /zim³⁵/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /zim³⁵/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2
    Initial () (38)
    Final () (139)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter nyim
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /ȵiɪm/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ȵim/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ȵʑjem/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ȵim/
    Li
    Rong
    /ȵiəm/
    Wang
    Li
    /ȵʑĭĕm/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /ȵʑi̯əm/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    rén
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    jam4
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/2
    No. 10808
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*njɯm/

    Definitions edit

    1. (historical) an ancient woman's rank of nobility
    2. (historical) an ancient music of the southern indigenous people
    3. Alternative form of (rén, artful; fawning)
    4. a surname
        ―  Rén Bìshí  ―  Ren Bishi (military and political leader in the early Chinese Communist Party)

    Compounds edit

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. responsibility
    2. duty
    3. term
    4. entrust to
    5. appoint

    Readings edit

    Compounds edit

    Etymology 1 edit

    Kanji in this term
    にん
    Grade: 5
    goon

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    (にん) (nin

    1. duty, responsibility, obligation

    Etymology 2 edit

    Kanji in this term
    まき
    Grade: 5
    kun’yomi

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    (まき) (maki

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    Etymology 3 edit

    Kanji in this term
    まけ
    Grade: 5
    kun’yomi

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    (まけ) (make

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    Etymology 4 edit

    For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
    ままH
    [noun] the same, unchanged state; state as it is
    [noun] (mostly in the form なる (mama ni naru)) the desired or ideal state; freedom
    [noun] act of leaving things as it is
    Alternative spellings
    , , まんま
    (This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

    (eumhun 맡길 (matgil im))

    1. Hanja form? of (duty; responsibility).

    Compounds edit

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Việt readings: nhậm[1][2][3], nhiệm[1][3], nhâm[3]
    : 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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    References edit