認

See also: 认

認 U+8A8D, 認 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A8D ← 誌 [U+8A8C] CJK Unified Ideographs 誎 → [U+8A8E]

Translingual

Han character

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

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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Chinese

trad.		認
simp.		认

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (刃) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
涊	*nɯːnʔ, *njɯnʔ
紉	*nɯn
忍	*njɯnʔ
荵	*njɯnʔ
刃	*njɯns
認	*njɯns, *njɯŋs
仞	*njɯns
軔	*njɯns
韌	*njɯns
肕	*njɯns
牣	*njɯns
杒	*njɯns
訒	*njɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *njɯns, *njɯŋs): semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 忍 (OC *njɯnʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rèn (ren⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁶, jan⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngin
• Min Dong (BUC): nêng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): līn / jīn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ring⁷

• Wu (Wiktionary): nyin (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: rèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ
    • Wade–Giles: jên⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renn
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁶, jan⁶
    • Yale: yihng, yahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁶, jan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁶, yen⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²²/, /jɐn²²/

Note: jing6 - common, jan6 - rare.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngin
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin⁴
    • IPA: /ɲin⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nêng
    • IPA ^(key): /nˡɛiŋ²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: līn
    • Tâi-lô: līn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lin
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jīn
    • Tâi-lô: jīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑin²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ring⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jīng
    • IPA ^(key): /d͡ziŋ¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: nyin (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲɪɲ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ȵiɪn^H/, /ȵɨŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	認	認
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	蒸 (133)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	而振切	而證切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪnH/	/ȵɨŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵinH/	/ȵɨŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjenH/	/ȵʑieŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵinH/	/ȵiŋH/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕnH/	/ȵiəŋH/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕnH/	/ȵʑĭəŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕnH/	/ȵʑi̯əŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rèn	rèng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*nə[n]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njɯns/, /*njɯŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	認
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rèn
Middle Chinese	‹ nyinH ›
Old Chinese	/*nə[n]-s/
English	know
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	認	認
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10832	10840
Phonetic component	刃	刃
Rime group	文	蒸
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	刃	認
Old Chinese	/*njɯns/	/*njɯŋs/

Definitions

認

1. to recognise; to know; to understand; to acknowledge
2. to accept; to agree
3. to admit (defeat)
4. to treat as; to consider as

Compounds

Derived terms from 認

• 不認／不认
• 不認人／不认人
• 不認帳／不认帐
• 不認得／不认得
• 不認得字的／不认得字的
• 供認／供认 (gòngrèn)
• 俯首認罪／俯首认罪
• 公認／公认 (gōngrèn)
• 六親不認／六亲不认 (liùqīnbùrèn)
• 冒認／冒认
• 半道兒認姐姐／半道儿认姐姐
• 只認錢不認人／只认钱不认人
• 否認／否认 (fǒurèn)
• 國家承認／国家承认
• 強制認領／强制认领
• 承認／承认 (chéngrèn)
• 招認／招认 (zhāorèn)
• 指認／指认
• 攤認／摊认
• 文書認證／文书认证
• 死不認錯／死不认错
• 法定認領／法定认领
• 無可否認／无可否认
• 理性認識／理性认识
• 相認／相认
• 矢口否認／矢口否认
• 確認／确认 (quèrèn)
• 給個棒錘當針認／给个棒锤当针认

• 翻臉不認人／翻脸不认人
• 自認／自认 (zìrèn)
• 自認倒楣／自认倒楣
• 色認／色认
• 記認／记认
• 認了／认了
• 認分／认分
• 認可／认可 (rènkě)
• 認同／认同 (rèntóng)
• 認同卡／认同卡
• 認命／认命 (rènmìng)
• 認字／认字 (rènzì)
• 認定／认定 (rèndìng)
• 認屍／认尸
• 認帳／认帐
• 認床／认床 (rènchuáng)
• 認得／认得 (rènde)
• 認捐／认捐
• 認旗／认旗
• 認清／认清 (rènqīng)
• 認準／认准
• 認為／认为 (rènwéi)
• 認犯頭／认犯头
• 認生／认生 (rènshēng)
• 認真／认真 (rènzhēn)
• 認知／认知 (rènzhī)
• 認祖歸宗／认祖归宗

• 認罪／认罪 (rènzuì)
• 認義／认义
• 認股／认股
• 認背／认背
• 認親／认亲 (rènqīn)
• 認證／认证 (rènzhèng)
• 認識／认识 (rènshi)
• 認識論／认识论 (rènshilùn)
• 認賊作父／认贼作父
• 認賊為子／认贼为子
• 認賠／认赔
• 認購／认购 (rèngòu)
• 認路／认路
• 認輸／认输 (rènshū)
• 認錯／认错 (rèncuò)
• 認領／认领 (rènlǐng)
• 認頭／认头
• 認養／认养
• 認養人／认养人
• 誤認／误认
• 識認／识认 (shírèn)
• 身分認證／身分认证
• 辨認／辨认 (biànrèn)
• 追認／追认
• 錯認顏標／错认颜标
• 體認／体认
• 默認／默认 (mòrèn)

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Japanese

Kanji

認

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• meaning: recognize, appreciate

Readings

• Go-on: にょう (nyō); にん (nin, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: じょう (jō); じん (jin)
• Kun: みとめる (mitomeru, 認める, Jōyō); したためる (shitatameru, 認める)

Compounds

• 認 (にん)可 (か) (ninka)
• 認識 (にんしき) (ninshiki)

• 認 (にん)証 (しょう) (ninshō)
• 認 (にん)知 (ち) (ninchi)

• 認 (にん)定 (てい) (nintei)
• 確認 (かくにん) (kakunin)

Proper noun

認 (hiragana みとむ, rōmaji Mitomu)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

認 • (in) (hangeul 인, revised in, McCune–Reischauer in, Yale in)

1. know
2. recognition
3. authorization
4. approval

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Vietnamese

Han character

認 (nhận)

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