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rèn

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rèn Meaning

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

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About rèn

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

rèn

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

speech

Etymology of rèn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

言忍

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

rěn

Explanation

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

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Words with 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
rèn to know 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

rèn Decomposition & Compounds

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