任 Kanji – responsibility
The Japanese kanji 任 can mean responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint.
Meaning and Readings
How is 任 read?
任 has the onyomi reading ニン and the kunyomi readings まかせる, まかす.
In romaji, these readings can be written as nin, makaseru, makasu.
Common Japanese Words Using 任
These common Japanese words contain 任. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 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
- 就任（しゅうにん） — assumption (of office), taking up (a post), inauguration, installation