rèn

Traditional: 任

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Translation

any; to appoint, to assume (a duty)

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Stroke order for 任

Examples

Anyone can join.

We have an important task.

I completely trust him.

zhí

He took on this position.

She was appointed as manager.

任 (rèn) carries the meanings any, to appoint, and to take on. It is a bound morpheme in modern Mandarin, appearing in 任何 (any), 任务 (task), and 信任 (trust).

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 任.

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