| 688 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 785 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 764 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 310 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 374 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 414 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 307 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 235 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 334 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 334 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 639 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 69 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 57 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 37 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 38 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1012 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 416 | Morohashi |
| 53 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 136 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1003 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1078 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 349 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 662 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
217 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 任 【ニン】 obligation, duty, charge, responsibility
- 任意 【ニンイ】 optional, voluntary, arbitrary, random, discretionary, facultative, spontaneous, any, arbitrary
- 再任 【サイニン】 reappointment
- 在任 【ザイニン】 being in office
Kun reading compounds
- 任せる 【まかせる】 to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone), to entrust (to someone), to entrust (someone) with, to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.), to let (take its own course), to let (happen), to give (oneself to something), to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full, to use freely, to use without reserve
- 任す 【まかす】 to entrust (to someone), to leave (in someone's hands)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さ、 とう、 ひで
- Korean:
- im
Spanish
- responsabilidad
- deber
- confiar a
- dejar a cargo de
Portuguese
- responsabilidade
- dever
- termo
- confiar para
- nomear
French
- responsabilité
- devoir
- terme
- confier à
- nommer
| 2172 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a4.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 2221.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4efb | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
- 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
- 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
- 異国 【イコク】 foreign country
Kun reading compounds
- 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
- 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
- お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
- 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くな、 こ
- Korean:
- gug
Spanish
- país
Portuguese
- País
- terra
- nação
French
- pays
| 79 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 136 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 123 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 8 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1037 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 111 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 36 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 745 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 40 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 40 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 151 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 344 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3831 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1964 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2659 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 588 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 4752 | Morohashi |
| 3087 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 950 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 581 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 624 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 158 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3172 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3s5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 6010.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 56fd | Unicode hex code |