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Chinese symbol for “assign”

任
rèn
to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office

The closest CC-CEDICT match for assign is 任 (rèn), defined as: to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

任 rèn
to trust, to rely on; to appoint; to bear; duty, office
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “assign”

WordPinyinMeaning
赋予 (賦予)fù yǔto assign; to entrust (a task)
指派zhǐ pàito assign; to appoint
分派fēn pàito assign (a task to different people); to allocate
归入 (歸入)guī rùto assign (to a class); to classify as
交办 (交辦)jiāo bànto assign (a task to sb)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 任.

WordPinyinMeaning
任何rèn héany; whatever; whichever
任务 (任務)rèn wumission; assignment; task; duty; role; 项 (xiàng)
责任 (責任)zé rènresponsibility; duty; liability
主任zhǔ rèndirector; head
担任 (擔任)dān rènto hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of
信任xìn rènto trust; to have confidence in

See also: Japanese symbol for “assign”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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