上任 shàngrèn take up an official post

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Stroke order

上任 is written in 9 strokes across 2 characters.

上任 — the Chinese character for take up an official post (shàngrèn), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 上任 — take up an official post

上 — 3 strokes
任 — 6 strokes

Senses

to take office
previous (incumbent)
predecessor

Characters in 上任

上 shàng — (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up
任 rèn — to assign; to appoint; to take up a post

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

上任 is pronounced shàngrèn and means “take up an official post”.

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