壬

壬 (Kangxi radical 33, 士+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹土 (HG), four-corner 2010₄, composition ⿱丿士(GJKV) or ⿱一士(HT))

• 任, 𠰃, 妊, 廷, 𨑳, 𢗖, 𢪭, 𭯺, 狅, 𣐅, 𭷗, 祍, 䏕, 𥄮, 衽, 紝 (纴), 䚾, 𦔽, 軠, 鈓 (𬬯), 𭐺, 飪 (饪)
• 𫧺, 𠁪, 𫡖, 𫡘, 𧠒, 丢, 㸒, 𡔟, 𡴍, 𡔨, 𣈂, 𭰶, 𩂐, 𩬎, 𡅚, 𡔞, 𢇦, 𫊟, 𢧌, 𨳝
• 𰃧, 䨙

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 243, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5639
• Dae Jaweon: page 483, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 417, character 1
• Unihan data for U+58EC

Pictogram (象形): Possibly carrying pole with a point drawn in the middle, a meaning that was later transferred to 任 (rèn). As an alternative, it's a double-blade axe perhaps made of stone.

The pole is drawn like 工, however the two characters are unrelated; their correlation should belong to folk etymology.

壬

1. the ninth of the ten heavenly stems
2. crafty; fawning
3. a surname
4. (Internet slang, derogatory) eye dialect spelling of 人 (rén)

   左壬  ―  zuǒrén  ―  leftist

• (Chinese heavenly stems) 天干 (tiāngān); 甲 (jiǎ), 乙 (yǐ), 丙 (bǐng), 丁 (dīng), 戊 (wù), 己 (jǐ), 庚 (gēng), 辛 (xīn), 壬 (rén), 癸 (guǐ) ^{(Category: zh:Chinese heavenly stems)}

• → Zhuang: nyaemz

• “壬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Southern Min

• “壬”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. ninth of the ten heavenly stems
2. ninth rank
   1. something I

• Go-on: にん (nin)
• Kan-on: じん (jin)
• Kun: みずのえ (mizunoe, 壬)^{←みづのえ (midunoe, 壬, historical)}
• Nanori: つぐ (tsugu)、みず (mizu)

From Middle Chinese 壬 (nyim).

• (Tokyo) じん [jíꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩɴ]

• Homophones: ジン, 人, 刃, 仁, 沈, 陣, 尋, 塵

壬(じん) • (Jin) 

1. the ninth of the ten heavenly stems; something I

   Hypernyms: 天干 (tenkan), 十干 (jikkan)

   Coordinate terms: 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸

水 (Mizu, “Water”, one of the Five Elements) +‎ の (no, attributive marker) +‎ 兄 (e, “elder brother”)

• (Tokyo) みずのえ [mìzúnóꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [mʲizɨno̞e̞]

壬(みずのえ) • (Mizunoe) ^{←みづのえ (Midunoe)?}

1. the ninth of the ten heavenly stems

   Hypernyms: 天干 (tenkan), 十干 (jikkan)

   Coordinate terms: 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸

壬 • (im) (hangeul 임, revised im, McCune–Reischauer im)

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壬: Hán Nôm readings: nhăm, nhám, nhằm, nhâm, râm, nhẹm

1. chữ Hán form of Nhâm (“ninth of the ten heavenly stems”)

   Hypernyms: 天干, 十干

   Coordinate terms: 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸