Shareables · HSK 4 · 声 · Sound series

声旁 · 壬 gives the sound

壬 carries the sound in 5 characters, including 任.

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rénninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]

同声旁 · SAME SOUND COMPONENT

The component is the clue: once you can read 壬, you can guess all of these.

CharacterReadingMeaning
rènsurname Ren/Ren County 任县 in Hebei/to assign/to appoint/to take up a post/office/responsibility/to let
rèncooked food/to cook (until ready)/variant of 飪|饪[ren4]
rènpregnant
rèn(literary) overlapping part of Chinese gown
rènto weave

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