任
任 — responsibility, duty, term
- JLPT
- JLPT N3
- Strokes
- 6
- Taught in
- School year 5
- Frequency
- #217 most common
Readings
On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.
- On'yomi
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- にん nin
- にん nin
- Kun'yomi
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- まか.せる maka.seru
- まか.す maka.su
- まか.せる maka.seru
Words that use 任
A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.
- 責任 せきにん duty JLPT N3
- 任せる まかせる to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone) JLPT N3
- 就任 しゅうにん assumption (of office) JLPT N2
- 任務 にんむ duty JLPT N1
- 任命 にんめい appointment JLPT N1
- 転任 てんにん change of post JLPT N1
- 主任 しゅにん person in charge JLPT N1
- 信任 しんにん trust JLPT N1
- 赴任 ふにん moving to a different location to start a new job JLPT N1
- 任す まかす to entrust (to someone) JLPT N1