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认 rèn

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认 rèn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
rèn | ren4
English translation
to recognize
to know
to admit
to know, to recognize, to understand

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About 认 rèn

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

認 rèn

Contains the radical

讠 yán

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

speech

Etymology of 认 rèn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰讠人

Semantic compound

讠 yán

Phonetic compound

人 rén

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 yán represents the meaning and 人 rén represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 认 rèn

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甚至 shènzhì 总统 zǒngtǒng 亦 yì 否认 fǒurèn 此 cǐ 种 zhǒng 谣传 yáo chuán .

Even the President helped out in this particular deception.

卫东 Wèi dōng 非常 fēicháng 乐意 lèyì 认识 rènshi 你 nǐ 和 hé 玛丽 Mǎ lì .

Weidong will be very glad to meet you and Mary.

我 wǒ 认为 rènwéi 今天 jīntiān 天气 tiānqì 会 huì 好 hǎo , 晴 qíng 雨计显示 xiǎnshì 着 zhāo “晴 qíng ”嘛 ma .

I think the day will be fine, the glass is set fair.

他 tā 耸了耸肩,从 Cóng 我 wǒ 身旁走开 zǒu kāi , 一面 yī miàn 推开 tuī kāi 那 Nā 双 Shuāng 厚实 hòu shi 的 de 黑手表示 biǎoshì 认输 rèn shū .

He shrugged away from me, and offered his thick black hands in resignation.

我 wǒ 认为 rènwéi 他 tā 的 de 年龄 niánlíng 已经 yǐjīng 够 gòu 大 dà 了 le .

I reckon that he is old enough.

Words with 认 rèn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
认为 rènwéi to believe認為
认识 rènshi to know認識
认真 rènzhēn earnest認真
承认 chéngrèn to admit承認
确认 quèrèn to confirm確認
认 rèn to know認 rèn
否认 fǒurèn to deny否認
认定 rèndìng to determine (a fact)認定
认可 rènkě to approve認可
认证 rèn zhèng to approve認證
认出 rèn chū recognition認出
认同 rèn tóng to approve of認同
认知 rèn zhī cognition認知
认购 rèn gòu to undertake to purchase sth認購
认得 rèn de to recognize認得
认罪 rèn zuì to admit guilt認罪
公认 gōngrèn accepted (as)公認
辨认 biànrèn to recognize辨認
认错 rèn cuò to admit an error認錯
认输 rèn shū to concede認輸
认清 rèn qīng to see clearly認清
默认 mò rèn to agree tacitly默認
供认 gòng rèn to confess供認
认领 rèn lǐng to adopt (a child)認領
自认 zì rèn to regard oneself as自認

认 rèn Decomposition & Compounds

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认 rèn Decomposition

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