Chinese symbol for “tenure”

任期

rèn qī

term of office; 届 (jiè); tenure (entire period in office)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tenure is 任期 (rèn qī), defined as: term of office; 届 (jiè); tenure (entire period in office).

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Characters and stroke order

任 rèn

to trust, to rely on; to appoint; to bear; duty, office

radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

期 qī

a period of time; date, time; phase

radical 74 ⽉ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 任期.

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
时期 (時期)	shí qī	period; phase
期间 (期間)	qī jiān	period of time; time

See also: Japanese symbol for “tenure”.

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.