任

surname Ren / Ren County 任縣|任县[Ren2 Xian4] in Hebei

to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)

任 = 亻 + 壬 : An assignment written down on a heap of paper. Robinson Crusoe agreed to take care of Rosa Luxemburg's cat o' nine tails for a few days. Rosa wrote down his assignment on paper and handles him the heap in the encampment's bathroom.

任 character breakdown

任
- 亻
  - 丨
  - 丿
- 壬
  - 丿
  - 士
    - 一
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨

亻

rén = r + (e)n2

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

亻 = 丿 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).

壬

rén = r + (e)n2

ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / ninth in order / letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 345° / nona

壬 = 丿 + 士 : Symbol: a cat o' nine tails. Robinson Crusoe wants to propose to the bachelor just inside the encampment's kitchen. To Robinson's despair, just as he presents his banana, a cat o' nine tails jumps between the two and eats the banana.

Characters with 任 as component

凭

憑

píng = pi + (e)ng2

to lean against / to rely on / on the basis of / no matter (how, what etc) / proof

凭 = 任 + 几 : Pocahontas (pi) is the chef of the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and she has become very popular for her excellent food, but she relies solely on (凭) her cooking assignments (任) which she keeps on a small table (几).

凭

凴

píng = pi + (e)ng2

variant of 憑|凭[ping2]

赁

賃

lìn = li + (e)n4

to rent

赁 = 任 + 贝 : Li Qingzhao (li) rented (赁) a crab (贝) to clear out the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4), but she also got a heap of paper (任) she has to go through in order to know how to handle the crab.

妊

姙

rèn = r + (e)n4

variant of 妊[ren4]

饪

餁

rèn = r + (e)n4

variant of 飪|饪[ren4]

饪 = 壬 + 饣 : Robinson Crusoe (r) invited the cat o' nine tails (壬) over for dinner in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4) because he wants to practice his cooking (饪) skills. He's cooking (饪) a Chinese cruller (饣) for her.

荏

rěn = r + (e)n3

beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens) / soft / weak

衽

袵

rèn = r + (e)n4

variant of 衽[ren4]

恁

nèn = n + (e)n4

to think / this / which? / how? (literary) / Taiwan pr. [ren4]

恁

nín = ni + (e)n2