任 — responsibility, duty, term
にん
任
responsibility
にん
U+4EFB
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #217
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1078
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- responsibility
- duty
- term
- entrust to
- appoint
Readings
- On'yomi
- にん nin
- Kun'yomi
- まか maka
word
にん nin On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
まか maka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Words by frequency and grade
41 wordsEach dot is a word containing 任: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 20 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.