任 – responsibility, duty, term

6 strokesTaught in grade 5#217 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 任 means responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ニン (nin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is まか.せる、まか.す (makaseru, makasu). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ニン	nin
Kun’yomi	まか.せる	makaseru
Kun’yomi	まか.す	makasu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: ノ・王・化・士.

Words using 任

責任せきにんduty任せるまかせるto leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone)就任しゅうにんassumption (of office)任務にんむduty任命にんめいappointment転任てんにんchange of post主任しゅにんperson in charge信任しんにんtrust赴任ふにんmoving to a different location to start a new job任すまかすto entrust (to someone)

Example sentences

けんかは両方に責任がある。

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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最終決定は彼に任せた。

We left the final decision to him.

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ご想像にお任せします。

I'll leave it up to your imagination.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側使係価住位

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