任 (rèn): meaning and stroke order

任 (rèn) means to assign, to appoint, to take up a post, office, responsibility, to let, to allow.

任

Simplified: 任
Traditional: 任 (same form)
Pinyin: rèn · Rén

Stroke order of 任

任

Rén surname Ren
rèn to assign; to appoint
6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 任

rèn
- 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)
Rén
- surname Ren

Radical and structure

任: Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 6 strokes · 亻 on the left, 壬 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 任

任务 rèn wu mission; assignment; task; duty; role; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
信任 xìn rèn to trust; to have confidence in
任何 rèn hé any; whatever; whichever
责任 zé rèn responsibility; blame

任 in our stories

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接着他写道：竹杖芒鞋轻胜马，谁怕？一蓑烟雨任平生。

jiēzhe tā xiě dào zhúzhàng mángxié qīng shèng mǎ shéi pà yì suō yānyǔ rèn píngshēng

He goes on: "Bamboo staff and straw sandals, lighter than a horse—who's afraid? In a straw cape through misty rain, I'll let my whole life take its course."

From the story Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 任

Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).