EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)

    oft. in the passivesee 任せる

    彼は重大な使命を任された。
    He was given an important mission.

Also written 委す【まかす】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint

Kun
まか.せるまか.す
On
ニン
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
217 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 21

Built from

Used in names as

とうひで

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-2-4SKIP code
2a4.9The Kanji Dictionary
2221.4Four corner code
2172deroo
4efbUnicode hex code
1-39-04JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
374Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
136New Nelson (John Haig)
53New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
57Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
37Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
38Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1003Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1078Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
310A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
235Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
414Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
416Morohashi
764A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
334Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
334Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
688sakade
307Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
785henshall3
662Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
349crowley
639Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
69Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1012Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ren4, ren2Pinyin reading
imKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
21WaniKani level