認

See also 认

Translingual

simpl.		认
trad.		認

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 忍 – speak an acknowledgment. Note that 忍 (“endure, bear, suffer”) has sense of “an undesired (unpleasant) experience”, hence shades of meaning also used in “recognize (an undesirable fact)”.

Han character

認 (radical 149 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口尸戈心 (YRSIP), four-corner 0763₂)

1. recognize, know, understand

Descendants

• 认

References

• KangXi: page 1161, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35502
• Dae Jaweon: page 1626, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3980, character 11
• Unihan data for U+8A8D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

認 (simplified 认, Yale ying6)

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Japanese

Kanji

認 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: にん (nin)
• Kun: みとめる (mitomeru), したためる (shitatameru), みとめ (mitome)

Compounds

認可 (にんか, ninka) 認識 (にんしき, ninshiki)

認証 (にんしょう, ninshō) 認知 (にんち, ninchi)

認定 (にんてい, nintei)

Proper noun

認 (hiragana みとむ, romaji Mitomu)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

認 (hangeul 인, revised in, McCune-Reischauer in, Yale in)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

認 (simplified 认, pinyin rèn (ren4), Wade-Giles jen⁴)

Compounds

• 認識

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Vietnamese

Han character

認 (nhận)