単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Kanji compounds#13,200 most used

後任

こうにん0

Pitch accent · 平板 (heiban)

successor

ITS KANJI

HOW IT SOUNDS

Work

IN A SENTENCE

Mr Smith was announced as the succeeding chairman.

from Tatoeba

IN OTHER SENTENCES

We are writing to inform you that Mr Koichi Ohara has been appointed as Manager of the Technical Department in succession to Mr Taro Iida.

from Tatoeba

MEANING

1

successor

noun · takes の

TANGOYA ASKS

The dictionary gives 後任 this one meaning.

SOUNDS THE SAME

DETAILS

Kind熟語, kanji compounds

Frequency#13,200 most used

Written後任 only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium