任

Glyph origin
– to carry on a shoulder pole.

Note that its phonetic part may be the graphical representation of 任, depicting a shoulder pole rotated by 90 degrees.

Etymology
Cognate with and 🇨🇬. May also be cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) to carry on a shoulder pole; to carry
 * 2) to bear; to endure; to put up with
 * 3) to take charge of; to assume the post of; to be in charge of
 * 4) to trust to; to rely on; to believe; to guarantee
 * 5) to appoint; to assign someone to a post
 * 6) to indulge; to be self-indulgent; to allow
 * 7) load; burden; luggage; baggage
 * 8) duty; responsibility; obligation
 * 9) tenure; term of office; incumbency
 * 10) office; post; position
 * 11) officeholder; postholder
 * 12) even if; even though
 * 13) no matter how; regardless of
 * 1) office; post; position
 * 2) officeholder; postholder
 * 3) even if; even though
 * 4) no matter how; regardless of
 * 1) no matter how; regardless of

Definitions

 * 1)  an ancient woman's rank of nobility
 * 2)  an ancient music of the southern indigenous people

Kanji

 * 1) responsibility
 * 2) duty
 * 3) term
 * 4) entrust to
 * 5) appoint

Noun

 * 1) duty, responsibility, obligation