HSK Guide

rènto recognise, to identify; to admit, to acknowledge; to accept as inevitable

rèn (fourth tone, falling)

繁体:

to recognise, to identify; to admit, to acknowledge; to accept as inevitable

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拼音

  • rèn (fourth tone, falling)

to recognise, to identify; to admit, to acknowledge; to accept as inevitable

字形拆解

Ideographic description

⿰讠人The sequence reads left to right and describes how the parts are arranged.

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.