認

See also: 认

Translingual

Traditional	認
Simplified	认
Japanese	認
Korean	認

Han character

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

Descendants

• 认

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1161, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35502
• Dae Jaweon: page 1626, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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／形声, OC *njɯns, *njɯŋs) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 忍 (OC *njɯnʔ).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 認

1. to recognize; to know; to understand; to acknowledge
2. to accept; to agree
3. to admit (defeat); to resign (oneself to something)
4. to treat as; to consider as
5. to adopt; to take on
6. to undertake (to do something)

Synonyms

• (to recognize):

(deprecated template usage)

• 分 (literary, or in compounds)
• 分別／分别 (fēnbié)
• 分化 (fēnhuà)
• 分揀／分拣 (fēnjiǎn) (literary)
• 分辨 (fēnbiàn)
• 判別／判别 (pànbié)
• 別白／别白 (biébái) (literary)
• 劃分／划分 (huàfēn)
• 區／区 (literary, or in compounds)
• 區分／区分 (qūfēn)
• 區別／区别 (qūbié)
• 區劃／区划 (qūhuà) (literary)
• 甄別／甄别 (zhēnbié)
• 科別／科别 (kēbié) (literary)
• 識別／识别 (shíbié)
• 辨別／辨别 (biànbié)
• 辨明 (biànmíng)
• 辨析 (biànxī) (to differentiate and analyze)
• 辨白 (biànbái) (literary)
• 辨認／辨认 (biànrèn)
• 辨識／辨识 (biànshí)
• 鑒別／鉴别 (jiànbié)
• 鑒識／鉴识 (jiànshí)

 

• (to accept): 承認／承认 (chéngrèn)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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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(にん)識(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(かく)認(にん) (kakunin)

Proper noun

認(みとむ) • (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

(deprecated template usage) 認 (nhận)

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