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TranslingualEdit
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Han characterEdit
任 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人竹土 (OHG), four-corner 22214, composition ⿰亻壬)
Derived charactersEdit
- 𠲏, 姙, 𢂧, 㤛, 拰, 㳝, 𤞘, 栣, 𭴞, 𭹆, 𥆂, 𥙛, 秹, 袵, 絍(𫟃), 𦣨, 䛘(𬣯), 𫏊, 𨠲, 銋, 餁
- 𨿂, 𪀼, 𠲉, 荏, 䇮, 𫕤, 𤶄, 凭, 𡜟, 𫶭, 恁, 栠, 𤇲, 㶵, 𠄶, 𬓧, 䋕, 𦚮, 𧙨, 賃(赁), 𨉃, 䣸, 𨿃, 𩷀, 鵀(𬸊)
ReferencesEdit
- 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
ChineseEdit
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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 rotated by 90 degrees.
EtymologyEdit
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 1Edit
DefinitionsEdit
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
- 放任 ― fàngrèn ― to indulge
- 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.
CompoundsEdit
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Pronunciation 2Edit
DefinitionsEdit
任
- (historical) an ancient woman's rank of nobility
- (historical) an ancient music of the southern indigenous people
- † Alternative form of 壬 (rén, “artful; fawning”).
- a surname
CompoundsEdit
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: にん (nin, 任)←にん (nin, 任, historical)←にむ (nimu, 任, ancient)
- Kan-on: じん (jin, 任)←じん (zin, 任, historical)←じむ (zimu, 任, ancient)
- Kun: たえる (taeru, 任える); まかす (makasu, 任す, Jōyō); まかせる (makaseru, 任せる, Jōyō); まき (maki, 任); まく (maku, 任く); まけ (make, 任); まま (mama, 任)
- Nanori: さ (sa, 任); たえ (tae, 任); たか (taka, 任); たかし (takashi, 任); ただ (tada, 任); たね (tane, 任); たもつ (tamotsu, 任); と (to, 任); とう (tō, 任); ひで (hide, 任)
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 1Edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 任 |
| にん Grade: 5 |
| goon |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Etymology 2Edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| まき Grade: 5 |
| kun’yomi |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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Etymology 3Edit
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| 任 |
| まけ Grade: 5 |
| kun’yomi |
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PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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Etymology 4Edit
| For pronunciation and definitions of 任 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 任, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
- Hanja form? of 임 (“duty; responsibility”).
CompoundsEdit
VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
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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