任 · rèn
trust to, rely on, appoint; to bear, duty, office; allow
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
trust to, rely on, appoint; to bear, duty, office; allow
- Mandarin
- rèn
- Cantonese
- jam6
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 任 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Source record & scope
Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property
ニン ジン まかせる まかす たえる になうKorean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 임
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+4EFB
- Radical
- 人 · 9
- Strokes
- 6 · Unihan
- Residual
- 4
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
6 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 任
Character connections
Component roles · attributed
- 壬 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analysis · 壬聲
Line 5942 · ⿰亻壬 · 壬聲 · source reference 2871400
Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗
Follow this component
Sentence context · 1 matches
我没有任何借口。
Source, contributors & licenses
Mandarin: Tatoeba #395290 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log · Current owner: GlossaMatik
English: Tatoeba #395289 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log · Current owner: CM
Source text unchanged. Original contributor and text editors are credited from the source log, separately from the current owner.
History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- nyim · 如林 反切 · #1053
- Middle Chinese
- nyimH · 汝鴆 反切 · #3085
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 8300 · nyim = 深開三平侵日 · nyimH = 深開三去侵日
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- rèn
- kCantonese
- jam6
- kDefinition
- trust to, rely on, appoint; to bear, duty, office; allow
- kTotalStrokes
- 6
- kRSUnicode
- 9.4
- kGradeLevel
- 2
- kTGH
- 2013:467
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- rèn,rén,lìn 10122.060
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- rén 0964.020 · rèn 0965.100
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- rén 314.030 · rèn 314.110
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- rèn(1235)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- rèn粵jam6
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 如林 汝鴆
- Kangxi positions
- 0094.240
- Guangyun positions
- 218.15 440.38
- GSR references
- 0667f
- Cangjie
- OHG
- Four-corner
- 2221.4