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任 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「亻」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
On
ニンにん · nin
Kun
まか(せる)・まか(す)maka(seru) · maka(su)
Meaning
to entrust; responsibility; appointment

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

亻 "person" plus 壬 "to bear a load"; shouldering a burden — hence "to entrust, responsibility."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onニンにんnin任意にんい任務にんむ責任せきにん
Kunまかせるmakaseru任せるまかせる人任せひとまかせ
Kunまかすmakasu任すまかす

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 責任せきにん

    responsibility

  • 担任たんにん

    homeroom teacher; person in charge

More words with this kanji

  • 無責任むせきにん
  • 就任しゅうにん
  • 赴任ふにん
  • 莅任りにん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

この仕事(しごと)は君(きみ)に任(まか)せる。

I'll leave this job to you.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

担任責任任担to sho…責to bla…仏Buddha仮tempor…件matter似to res…価price人person刃blade壬ninth…妊pregna…忍endure
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 亻Map of reading ニンAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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