rèn

to assign

to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)

person (亻) + phonetic (壬) = a person entrusted with a role

The person radical anchors the idea of a human taking on a role or responsibility. 壬 contributes the sound rèn and does not carry a meaningful semantic story here.

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PersonSemantic
A heavenly stem characterPhonetic

他被命为新的部门经理。

tā bèi rèn mìng wéi xīn de bù mén jīng lǐ。

He was appointed as the new department manager.

你怎么说,我都不会改变主意。

rèn nǐ zěn me shuō,wǒ dōu bù huì gǎi biàn zhǔ yì。

No matter what you say, I will not change my mind.

Words with 任

任选

rèn xuǎn

to choose freely; to pick whichever one fancies

连任

lián rèn

to continue in (a political) office

连带责任

lián dài zé rèn

to bear joint responsibility for sth

重任

zhòng rèn

heavy responsibility

离任

lí rèn

to leave office

首任

shǒu rèn

first person to be appointed to a post

上任

shàng rèn

to take office

下任

xià rèn

next office holder

不信任动议

bù xìn rèn dòng yì

motion of no confidence (against the government, in parliamentary debates)

不信任投票

bù xìn rèn tóu piào

vote of no-confidence

不信任案

bù xìn rèn àn

no-confidence motion

中航技进出口有限责任公司

zhōng háng jì jìn chū kǒu yǒu xiàn zé rèn gōng sī

China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC)

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