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.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “assign”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赋予 (賦予) | fù yǔ | to assign; to entrust (a task) |
| 指派 | zhǐ pài | to assign; to appoint |
| 分派 | fēn pài | to assign (a task to different people); to allocate |
| 归入 (歸入) | guī rù | to assign (to a class); to classify as |
| 交办 (交辦) | jiāo bàn | to assign (a task to sb) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 任.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 任何 | rèn hé | any; whatever; whichever |
| 任务 (任務) | rèn wu | mission; assignment; task; duty; role; 项 (xiàng) |
| 责任 (責任) | zé rèn | responsibility; duty; liability |
| 主任 | zhǔ rèn | director; head |
| 担任 (擔任) | dān rèn | to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of |
| 信任 | xìn rèn | to 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.