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韧

rèn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 韌

What 韧 means

1. annealed
2. pliable but strong
3. tough
4. tenacious

Other readings

韧 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• rènvariant of {韧|rèn}
• rènold variant of {韧|rèn}

Example sentences

• 我凭韧性克服了困难。
  Wǒ píng rènxìng kèfú le kùnnan.
  I got over the difficulty with my characteristic tenacity.
• 学好一门外语需要坚韧不拔的毅力。
  Xuéhǎo yī mén wàiyǔ xūyào jiānrènbùbá de yìlì.
  Mastering a foreign language involves a lot of patience.
• 猎人们用坚韧的绳网把野生动物捉住了。
  Lièrén men yòng jiānrèn de shéng wǎng bǎ yěshēngdòngwù zhuōzhù le.
  The hunters captured the wild animal with a strong rope net.

Words starting with 韧

• 韧性rèn xìngtoughness
• 韧带rèn dàiligament
• 韧劲rèn jìntenacity
• 韧皮rèn pí(botany) bast; phloem
• 韧体rèn tǐfirmware
• 韧皮部rèn pí bùphloem

Words containing 韧

• 坚韧jiān rèntough and durable; tenacious
• 柔韧róu rènpliable and tough; supple and strong; flexible
• 坚韧不拔jiān rèn bù báfirm and indomitable (idiom); tenacious and unyielding
• 强韧qiáng rènresilient; tough and strong

Characters built on 刃

These share the phonetic component 刃 (rèn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 忍rěnto bear; to endure; to tolerate
• 纫rènto thread (a needle); (bound form) to sew; to stitch; (literary) very grateful
• 轫rènbrake
• 仞rènunit of length used in ancient times, equal to 7 or 8 Chinese feet 尺

Characters that look like 韧

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

• 物wù(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…
• 细xìthin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft
• 纽niǔto turn; to wrench; button
• 纫rènto thread (a needle); (bound form) to sew; to stitch; (literary) very grateful
• 拗ào(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
• 佃diànto rent farmland from a landlord

Sounds the same

Read rèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 认to recognize; to know; to admit
• 任to assign; to appoint; to take up a post
• 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