Chinese Character 任 Meanings and components.

Form

任

Meaning

任 meaning[3] in English

Surname Ren.

Ren County 任縣|任县[Ren2 Xian4] In Hebei.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 任 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and ninth of the … (壬)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OHG

How to write 任

To write任ren4surname Ren you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 壬ren2ninth of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 壬 = 任

任 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 任 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 任, looks as follow:

任
Pinyin:ren4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Ren . Ren County 任縣|任县[Ren2 Xian4] In Hebei
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
壬
Pinyin:ren2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Ninth Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . Ninth In Order . Letter 'I' Or Roman 'Ix' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 345° . Nona
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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