IDENTITY
任rènduty; to appoint; no matter
HSK 4Top 200
CORE MEANING
duty; to appoint; no matter
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.task; dutyHSK4
- 2.no matterHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 亻person radical (rén)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰亻壬
- person
- gives the sound rèn
USAGE
Common words
任务rènwutask
任何rènhéany
责任zérènresponsibility
Graded examples
他完成了任务。Tā wánchéng le rènwu.HSK4
He completed the task.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
A person (亻) trusted with the load (壬) — duty, appointment.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #200
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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