任
| ||||||||
Translingual edit
| Stroke order | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
Han character edit
任 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人竹土 (OHG), four-corner 22214, composition ⿰亻壬)
Derived characters edit
- 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)
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. | 任 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 任 | |
Glyph origin edit
| Historical forms of the character 任 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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),
| ||||||||||||||||
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, 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.
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
- 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.
Compounds edit
- 一任 (yīrèn)
- 一身二任
- 上任 (shàngrèn)
- 不任 (bùrèn)
- 不信任案
- 主任 (zhǔrèn)
- 主任委員／主任委员
- 任人
- 任意 (rènyì)
- 信任 (xìnrèn)
- 信任投票 (xìnrèn tóupiào)
- 信任狀／信任状
- 充任 (chōngrèn)
- 兼任 (jiānrèn)
- 出任 (chūrèn)
- 刑事責任／刑事责任 (xíngshì zérèn)
- 到任 (dàorèn)
- 前任 (qiánrèn)
- 力不勝任／力不胜任
- 力微任重
- 勝任／胜任 (shèngrèn)
- 勝任愉快／胜任愉快
- 勢任／势任
- 升任 (shēngrèn)
- 卸任 (xièrèn)
- 原任
- 可任
- 叨任
- 器任
- 國際責任／国际责任
- 在任 (zàirèn)
- 大任
- 委任 (wěirèn)
- 委任狀／委任状
- 委任直選／委任直选
- 委任立法
- 委任統治／委任统治
- 寵任／宠任
- 專任／专任 (zhuānrèn)
- 就任 (jiùrèn)
- 常任 (chángrèn)
- 後任／后任 (hòurèn)
- 得權重任／得权重任 (dé quán zhòngrèn)
- 復任／复任
- 承任
- 接任 (jiērèn)
- 推賢任人／推贤任人
- 撤任
- 擔任／担任 (dānrèn)
- 放任 (fàngrèn)
- 放任自流
- 放任行為／放任行为
- 政治責任／政治责任
- 放蕩任氣／放荡任气
- 教務主任／教务主任
- 新任 (xīnrèn)
- 會任之家／会任之家
- 柄任
- 棟梁之任
- 歷任／历任 (lìrèn)
- 民事責任／民事责任 (mínshì zérèn)
- 治任
- 派任 (pàirèn)
- 無任／无任 (wúrèn)
- 無任之祿／无任之禄
- 燮和之任
- 特任
- 猥當大任／猥当大任
- 現任／现任 (xiànrèn)
- 用賢任能／用贤任能
- 留任 (liúrèn)
- 眾怒難任／众怒难任
- 矜己任智
- 知人善任 (zhīrénshànrèn)
- 科任 (kērèn)
- 科任老師／科任老师
- 簡任／简任
- 級任／级任 (jírèn)
- 級任制／级任制
- 級任導師／级任导师
- 級任老師／级任老师
- 繼任／继任 (jìrèn)
- 續任／续任 (xùrèn)
- 聘任 (pìnrèn)
- 聘任制
- 職任／职任
- 聽之任之／听之任之 (tīngzhīrènzhī)
- 聽任／听任 (tīngrèn)
- 聽天任命／听天任命 (tīngtiānrènmìng)
- 膺任
- 自由放任 (zìyóufàngrèn)
- 致遠任重／致远任重
- 舉賢任能／举贤任能
- 荐任
- 蒞任／莅任 (lìrèn)
- 薦任／荐任
- 薦賢任能／荐贤任能
- 親任／亲任
- 解任 (jiěrèn)
- 調任／调任 (diàorèn)
- 負才任氣／负才任气
- 責任／责任 (zérèn)
- 責任事故／责任事故
- 責任保險／责任保险 (zérèn bǎoxiǎn)
- 責任內閣／责任内阁
- 責任制／责任制 (zérènzhì)
- 責任感／责任感 (zérèngǎn)
- 走馬上任／走马上任
- 走馬之任／走马之任
- 走馬到任／走马到任
- 走馬赴任／走马赴任
- 赴任 (fùrèn)
- 輕財任俠／轻财任侠
- 轉任／转任
- 連任／连任 (liánrèn)
- 連帶責任／连带责任
- 連階累任／连阶累任
- 進賢任能／进贤任能
- 道義責任／道义责任
- 道遠任重／道远任重
- 適任／适任 (shìrèn)
- 選任／选任 (xuǎnrèn)
- 選賢任能／选贤任能
- 重任 (zhòngrèn)
- 重責大任／重责大任
- 離任／离任 (lírèn)
- 難任／难任
- 難當重任／难当重任
- 非異人任／非异人任 (fēiyìrénrèn)
- 革職留任／革职留任
- 高下任心
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; fawning”)
- a surname
Compounds edit
Japanese edit
Kanji edit
Readings edit
- 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)
Compounds edit
Etymology 1 edit
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 任 |
| 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
Etymology 2 edit
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 任 |
| 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
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}.
Etymology 3 edit
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 任 |
| 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
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}.
Etymology 4 edit
| For pronunciation and definitions of 任 – see the following entry. | ||
| ||
| (This term, 任, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Korean edit
Hanja edit
- Hanja form? of 임 (“duty; responsibility”).
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]
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}.