ニン, まか.せる, まか.す, とう, ひで
responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint

This kanji has 6 strokes: 2 in the "person" radical (ひと) and 4 other strokes.

Sample compounds (31) :


  1. にん
    obligation, duty, charge, responsibility

  2. まかす
    to entrust, to leave to a person
  3. せる
    まかせる
    to entrust to another

  4. いちにん
    (vs) entrusting

  5. さいにん
    reappointment

  6. でまかせ
    random speech

  7. らいにん
    arrival at one's post

  8. じゅうにん
    heavy responsibility, important post, reelection, reappointment

  9. しゅうにん
    (vs) inauguration, assumption of office

  10. だいにん
    agency, acting official

  11. にんめい
    appointment, nomination, ordination, commission, designation

  12. にんきょう
    chivalry, generosity, heroism, chivalrous spirit

  13. しんにん
    (vs) trust, confidence, credence

  14. せんにん
    seniority, predecessor

  15. けんにん
    concurrent post

  16. ちからまかせ
    with all one's strength

  17. ちょくにん
    imperial appointment

  18. じょにん
    investiture

  19. にんち
    one's post, appointment

  20. にんかん
    appointment, investiture

  21. せんにん
    full-time service

  22. しんにん
    inaugural, new

  23. ににょう
    (vs) appointment, employment

  24. りゅうにん
    (vs) remaining (staying) in office, remaining at one's post

  25. にんむ
    duty, function, office, mission, task

  26. いにん
    charge, trust

  27. はいにん
    breach of trust (law)

  28. じにん
    (vs) resignation
  29. 退
    たいにん
    (vs) retirement

  30. せんにん
    election

  31. にんい
    any, arbitrary, optional, pleasure, discretion, free will
Kanji Character : 任
Kuten Encoding : 3904
SJIS Encoding : 4724
Unicode Encoding : 4efb
Old Nelson Index : 374
Radical Number : 9
Frequency Ranking : 270
Gakken Index : 310
Grade Level : 5
Halpern Index : 53
Heisig Index : 1003
Henshall Index : 764
New Nelson Index : 136
O'Neil Index : 235
Stroke Count : 6
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 2a4.9
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 4
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : a
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 9
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 334
SKIP Code : 1-2-4
De Roo Code : 2172
Four Corner Code : 2221.4
Korean reading : im
Pinyin reading : ren2
Morohashi Index String : 416
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 1.0635
Morohashi Index Number : 416
Morohashi Page : 635
Morohashi Volume : 1
Dictionary Codes
  1. R2172
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