认 (rèn): to recognize, to admit
认 (rèn) is a Chinese character meaning “to recognize, to admit.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 人 (phonetic). It ranks #213 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 认 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge), 诉 (sù, to complain).
Definitions
- to recognize, to admit
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 认
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 认为verb | rèn wéi | to believe | 3 |
| 认识verb | rèn shi | to know | 1 |
| 承认verb | chéng rèn | to admit | 5 |
| 认真adjective | rèn zhēn | conscientious | 3 |
| 确认verb | què rèn | to confirm | 5 |
| 否认verb | fǒu rèn | to declare to be untrue | 5 |
| 认得verb | rèn de | to recognize | 3 |
| 认定verb | rèn dìng | to maintain (that sth is true) | 6 |
| 认可verb | rèn kě | to approve | 6 |
| 认同verb | rèn tóng | to approve of | 6 |
| 认错verb | rèn cuò | to admit an error | 6 |
| 认知verb | rèn zhī | cognition | 6 |
| 公认verb | gōng rèn | publicly known (to be) | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 认出verb | rèn chū | recognition |
| 认罪verb | rèn zuì | to admit guilt |
| 辨认verb | biàn rèn | to recognize |
| 认输verb | rèn shū | to concede |
| 认证verb | rèn zhèng | to authenticate |
| 认清verb | rèn qīng | to see clearly |
| 认领verb | rèn lǐng | to claim (as one's property) |
| 供认verb | gòng rèn | to confess |
| 默认verb | mò rèn | to agree tacitly |
| 认命verb | rèn mìng | to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate |
| 认字verb | rèn zì | to learn to read |
| 招认verb | zhāo rèn | to confess |
| 供认不讳phrase | gòng rèn bù huì | to make a full confession |
| 矢口否认phrase | shǐ kǒu fǒu rèn | to deny flatly |
| 六亲不认phrase | liù qīn bù rèn | not recognizing one's family (idiom) |
认 appears in 82 compound words: 60 as the first character, 22 as the last, and 18 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 认 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Example Sentences
请认真检查这份文件，确保没有错误。
Qǐng rènzhēn jiǎnchá zhè fèn wénjiàn, quèbǎo méiyǒu cuòwù.
Please carefully check this document to ensure there are no errors.
88%的阿拉伯民众反对承认以色列政权
8 8 de ā lā bó mín zhòng fǎn duì chéng rèn yǐ sè liè zhèng quán
88% of the Arab population opposes the recognition of the Israeli regime
智谱认GLM-5大模型犯三错误
zhì pǔ rèn G L M 5 dà mó xíng fàn sān cuò wù
Zhipu recognizes that the GLM-5 model made three mistakes
洗面奶什么牌子好?聚焦公认好用的洗面奶年终榜TOP..
xǐ miàn nǎi shén má pái zǐ hǎo ? jù jiāo gōng rèn hǎo yòng de xǐ miàn nǎi nián zhōng bǎng T O P . .
What brand of facial cleanser is good? Focus on the year-end list of facial cleansers that are recognized as easy to use:
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xīn chūn zǒu jī céng chāo liù chéng shòu fǎng qīng nián rèn wéi gòu mǎi cháo wán máng hé shì wéi qíng . .
Over 60% of the young people surveyed think that buying a blind box is "for the love of...
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wǒ men shì shéi pīn xiě zhēng yì bēi hòu de jiā ná dà guó zú rèn tóng mí sī
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你记不记得我们认识的那一天？
Nǐ jì bù jìde wǒmen rènshi de nà yī tiān?
Do you remember the day we met?
你认为他适合这个职位吗？
Nǐ rènwéi tā shìhé zhège zhíwèi ma?
Do you think he is good for the position?
你认为你会到哪儿度假？
Nǐ rènwéi nǐ huì dào nǎr dùjià?
Where do you suppose you'll spend your vacation?
怎么会有人认为不懂英语就不能生存？
Zěnme huì yǒurén rènwéi bù dǒng Yīngyǔ jiù bù néng shēngcún?
Why do they say you have to learn English to survive?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 讠 (speech) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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