rèn

Traditional: 認

#5020 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

to recognise, to know, to acknowledge

Stroke order

Stroke order for 认

Examples

Pleased to meet you.

I think he's right.

She does things very seriously.

He admitted this mistake.

I acknowledge you as my teacher.

认 (rèn) means to recognise or to acknowledge. It anchors several high-frequency mental-state verbs: 认识 (to know, to be acquainted with), 认为 (to think, to believe), 认真 (serious, conscientious), and 承认 (to admit).

Related words

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 认.

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This word is part of lesson 101.