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Kanji for Duty
The kanji for “duty” is 任, read nin and written in 6 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
duty
A duty entrusted to someone; trustworthiness.
6 strokes On reading ニン (nin) Kun reading まかせる、まかす (makaseru, makasu) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint
Readings used for names on Nazuke: tou, nin, hide
In Japan it appears in about 71 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 任: Fidelia 任里明
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