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rèn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
rèn | ren4
English translation
edged tool, cutlery, knife edge

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About rèn

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Number of strokes

3

Traditional form

rèn

Contains the radical

Dāo

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

A knife  Dāo sharp enough to draw blood  diǎn

Etymology of rèn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

刀丶

Explanation

Pictograph of a knife. Similar to Dāo (knife), with an added dot.

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Example sentences using rèn

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zhè Dāo shì jiù de , dàn 刀刃 dāo rèn 锋利 fēnglì .

The knife was old, but the blade had a keen edge.

Quán shì 理智 lǐzhì de xīn ,恰如 qià rú bǐng 全是锋刃 de Dāo .

A mind all logic is like a knife all blade.

老人 lǎo rén le 刀刃 dāo rèn , jiǎng 放下 fàng xià .

The old man wiped the blade of his knife and laid down the oar.

zhè Zhī 未经 wèi jīng 阵战 de 辅助 fǔzhù 部队 bù duì 就象利刃 lì rèn xià de 奶酪 nǎi lào yàng ,一触即 kuì .

These unwarlike auxiliaries gave way like cheese to a knife.

dài 锯齿 jù chǐ rèn de Dāo

a knife with a serrated edge

Words with rèn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
rèn edge of blade rèn
刀刃 dāo rèn knife blade刀刃 dāo rèn
游刃有余 yóu rèn yǒu yú handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily遊刃有餘
迎刃而解 yíng rèn ér jiě fig. easily solved迎刃而解 yíng rèn ér jiě
利刃 lì rèn sharp blade利刃 lì rèn
兵刃 bīng rèn (bladed) weapons兵刃 bīng rèn
双刃剑 shuāng rèn jiàn double-edged sword (both lit. and fig.)雙刃劍
兵不血刃 bīng bù xuè rèn lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory兵不血刃 bīng bù xuè rèn
白刃 bái rèn naked sword白刃 bái rèn
白刃战 bái rèn zhàn hand-to-hand fighting白刃戰
血刃 xuè rèn bloodshed血刃 xuè rèn
开刃 kāi rèn to edge a knife, scissor, sword etc開刃

rèn Decomposition & Compounds

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