认認 rèn — to recognise, to identify; to admit, to acknowledge; to accept as inevitable
rèn (fourth tone, falling)
Traditional: 認
to recognise, to identify; to admit, to acknowledge; to accept as inevitable
4 strokesRadical 言Frequency #171
Pinyin
- rèn (fourth tone, falling)
to recognise, to identify; to admit, to acknowledge; to accept as inevitable
Character breakdown
Ideographic description
⿰讠人The sequence reads left to right and describes how the parts are arranged.
- 讠meaning partno entry yetThe speech radical: recognising and admitting are both done out loud.
- 人sound part人 rén for the sound. The traditional 認 has 忍 rěn here; simplification cut 忍 down to its own top element.
Mnemonic
Four strokes: speech 讠 and a person 人 for the sound. Two senses, and they are worth keeping apart. 认识 is to recognise — to know a face, a character, a place. 认为 is to hold an opinion, and 承认 is to admit something. To know a fact rather than a face, you need 知道.
A memory aid written by HSK Guide editors. It is not an etymology and does not describe the historical origin of the character.
Words containing 认
Radical 言 — other characters
- 说說shuō (first tone, high and level)to speak, to say, to talk; to explain; to tell off (colloquial)
- 语語yǔ (third tone, dipping)language, tongue; speech, words; a saying
- 让讓ràng (fourth tone, falling)to let, to allow; to make or cause someone to do something; to yield, to give way, to give up a seat
- 记記jì (fourth tone, falling)to record, to write down; to remember, to bear in mind; a note, an account; a mark
- 话話huà (fourth tone, falling)speech, words, what is said; a language or dialect; to talk about
- 识識shí (second tone, rising) zhì (fourth tone, falling)to know, to recognise; knowledge; (zhì) to record, an inscription
- 请請qǐng (third tone, dipping)please; to ask, to request; to invite; to treat someone (to a meal)
- 读讀dú (second tone, rising)to read; to read aloud; to study, to attend school
- 谢謝xiè (fourth tone, falling)to thank; thanks; (of flowers) to wither, to fade; Xie, a common surname