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认

rèn

HSK 1 Character Traditional 認

What 认 means

1. to recognize
2. to know
3. to admit

Example sentences

• 请确认。
  Please confirm.
• 认真的？
  Are you serious?
• 认真点。
  Get serious.
• 你认为？
  Do you think?
• 你认为怎样
  What do you think of it?
• 我认识他。
  I know him.

Words starting with 认

• 认为rèn wéito believe; to think; to consider; to feel
• 认识rèn shito know; to recognize; to be familiar with
• 认真rèn zhēnconscientious; earnest; serious
• 认定rèn dìngto maintain (that sth is true); to determine (a fact); determination (of an amount)
• 认可rèn kěto approve; approval; acknowledgment
• 认同rèn tóngto approve of; to endorse; to acknowledge
• 认证rèn zhèngto authenticate; to approve
• 认出rèn chūrecognition; to recognize
• 认知rèn zhīcognition; cognitive; understanding
• 认得rèn deto recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know
• 认错rèn cuòto admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake
• 认清rèn qīngto see clearly; to recognize; to realize
• 认罪rèn zuìto admit guilt; to plead guilty
• 认字rèn zìto learn to read; able to read; literate
• 认输rèn shūto concede; to admit defeat
• 认购rèn gòuto undertake to purchase sth; to subscribe (to share issue)
• 认命rèn mìngto accept misfortunes as decreed by fate; to be resigned to sth
• 认领rèn lǐngto claim (as one's property); to adopt (a child); to accept…
• 认识论rèn shi lùnepistemology (in philosophy, the theory of how we know things)
• 认人rèn rénto recognize people (of babies); to be able to tell people apart
• 认作rèn zuòto regard as; to view; to consider sth as
• 认明rèn míngto identify; to authenticate
• 认生rèn shēngshy with strangers
• 认准rèn zhǔnto identify clearly; to make sure of; to believe firmly

Words containing 认

• 承认chéng rènto admit; to concede; to recognize
• 确认què rènto confirm; to verify; confirmation
• 否认fǒu rènto declare to be untrue; to deny
• 公认gōng rènpublicly known (to be); accepted (as)
• 辨认biàn rènto recognize; to identify
• 默认mò rènto agree tacitly; tacit approval; default (setting)
• 自认zì rènto believe (sth in relation to oneself); to regard oneself as…
• 指认zhǐ rènto identify
• 相认xiāng rènto know each other; to recognize; to identify
• 矢口否认shǐ kǒu fǒu rènto deny flatly
• 感性认识gǎn xìng rèn shiperceptual awareness
• 体认tǐ rènto realize; realization
• 供认gòng rènto confess; confession
• 国际公认guó jì gōng rèninternationally recognized
• 后设认知hòu shè rèn zhīmetacognition (Tw)
• 元认知yuán rèn zhīmetacognition
• 不承认主义bù chéng rèn zhǔ yìpolicy of non-recognition
• 理性认识lǐ xìng rèn shicognition; rational knowledge
• 道德认识dào dé rèn shimoral cognition; ethical awareness
• 失物认领shī wù rèn lǐnglost and found
• 承认控罪chéng rèn kòng zuìguilty plea (law)
• 低头认罪dī tóu rèn zuìto bow one's head in acknowledgment of guilt; to admit one's guilt
• 宣认xuān rènpublic declaration
• 超额认购chāo é rèn gòu(a share issue is) oversubscribed

Characters that look like 认

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 议yìto comment on; to discuss; to suggest

Sounds the same

Read rèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 任to assign; to appoint; to take up a post
• 韧annealed; pliable but strong; tough
• 饪cooked food; to cook (until ready)
• 刃edge of blade
• 仞unit of length used in ancient times, equal to 7 or 8 Chinese feet 尺
• 妊pregnant; pregnancy
• 纫to thread (a needle); (bound form) to sew; to stitch; (literary) very grateful
• 轫brake
• 衽(literary) overlapping part of Chinese gown; lapel; sleeping mat
• 牣fill up; to stuff
• 讱(literary) slow in speech
• 鵀hoopoe