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任

responsibility
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingニン
Kun readingまか.せる、まか.す
JōyōGrade 5
  1. obligation
  2. duty
  3. charge

Popular Usage

責任就任

Radicals and components

Radical人personComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · porter · drop (丶) · samurai

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1078

Compound words

責任せきにん
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
就任しゅうにん
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
委任いにん
entrusting; charge; delegation; authorization
一任いちにん
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
解任かいにん
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
兼任けんにん
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
後任こうにん
successor
再任さいにん
reappointment
在任ざいにん
being in office
辞任じにん
resignation (from a position)
主任しゅにん
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
常任じょうにん
standing; regular; permanent
信任しんにん
trust; confidence; credence
新任しんにん
newly appointed; inaugural
専任せんにん
full-time service
選任せんにん
nomination (of a person to a position); selection; election; assignment; appointment
退任たいにん
retirement; resignation; stepping down
担任たんにん
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
転任てんにん
change of post
任すまかす
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
任意にんい
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; random; discretionary
任期にんき
term of office
任務にんむ
duty; function; office; mission; task
任命にんめい
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation

Stroke Order

6 strokes

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