任
surname Ren / Ren County 任縣|任县[Ren2 Xian4] in Hebei
to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
任 character breakdown
"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)
亻
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丿
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丨
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Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.
Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).
Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).
ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / ninth in order / letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 345° / nona
Characters with 任 as component
to lean against / to rely on / on the basis of / no matter (how, what etc) / proof
variant of 憑|凭[ping2]
variant of 妊[ren4]
variant of 飪|饪[ren4]
beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens) / soft / weak
variant of 衽[ren4]
to think / this / which? / how? (literary) / Taiwan pr. [ren4]
old variant of 您[nin2]
to weave / to lay warp for weaving / variant of 紝|纴[ren4], silk thread for weaving
Words with 任
to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
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Sentences with 任
任 currently does not appear in any sentence.