Memory phrase for the character: 任

任

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Meaning

responsibility, entrust, duty

Pronunciation

NIN
makaseru

Explanation

 Left: person 亻/人, right: burden 壬 (spindle on which a thread is wound up)

Mnemonic
 
A person with such a burden has a great responsibility.

Radicals

亻 personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.
壬 samurai with hat




 Vocabulary

任せる まかせる  to entrust to another, to leave to; to do something at ones leisure
任す まかす  to entrust, to leave to a person
任命 にんめい  appointment, nomination, ordination, commission, designation
責任 せきにん  duty, responsibility
責任者 せきにんしゃ  person in charge
主任 しゅにん  person in charge, responsible official
任務 にんむ  duty, function, office, mission, task
信任 しんにん  trust, confidence, credence
就任 しゅうにん  inauguration, assumption of office

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