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任

任 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “trust to”. It is built from 亻 (person) and 壬 (ninth heavenly stem). It appears as a component in 15 other characters in this index.

Keyword
trust to
Pinyin (Mandarin)
rèn
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
trust to, rely on, appoint, доверять, назначать, полагаться, rely on, appoint
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
任 responsibility

Decomposition

ids

  1. 亻 person
  2. radical number 9
  3. 壬 ninth heavenly stem

Characters that contain 任

How to find 任 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “person” + “ninth heavenly stem”. 任 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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