荣任
róng​rèn

be appointed

荣 róng flourish, glory Simplified

Simplified form of 榮. Phonosemantic compound. 𤇾 represents the sound and 木 represents the meaning.

Components

𤇾
𤇾 SoundSimplified component
yìng glimmer
Change in sound
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

嵘蝾

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

任 rèn responsibility

Original meaning: to hold in arms

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 壬 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

壬
壬 Sound component
rén 9th heavenly stem

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 3 verified)

凭赁賃

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

恁荏

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnyimHn[ə]m-s burden; charge (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“任，符也。从人，壬聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

榮 róng flourish, glory Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 𤇾 represents the sound and 木 represents the meaning.

Components

𤇾
𤇾 Sound component
yìng glimmer

𤇾 is a component form of 熒.

Change in sound
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

嶸蠑

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthjwaeng[N-qʷ]reŋ glory, honor
hjwaeng[N-qʷ]reŋ 榮觀 imperial palace; walls and watchtowers

說文解字

《說文》：“榮，桐木也。从木，熒省聲。一曰屋梠之兩頭起者為榮。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)