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任 = 亻 + 壬

任 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “responsibility”. It is built from 亻 (person) and 壬 (porter). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1078. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
responsibility
RTK frame
1078
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ニン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
まか.せる, まか.す
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
ответственность
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
任 trust to

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 亻 person
  2. 壬 porter

Characters that contain 任

How to find 任 without knowing its reading

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

Open 任 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.