Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

忍: endure, bear

Also: put up with, conceal, secrete, spy, sneak

JLPT N17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

心 carries the meaning · 刃 gives the sound

7 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ニンnin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 忍耐にんたいendurance; perseverance; patience
  • 忍者にんじゃninja
  • 残忍ざんにんbrutal; cruel; merciless
  • 堪忍袋かんにんぶくろone's store of patience

しのぶshinobu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 忍ぶしのぶto conceal oneself; to hide
  • 忍びしのびstealth

Also read しのばせる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“The ancient character once looked like a beating heart with its arteries. Today, 心 represents the very center of who we are—the place where our feelings bloom, our thoughts grow, and our spirit resides.”
More in the 心 heart story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
心

Also built on heart (心)

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忍 gives its sound to

The family reading is ニン (nin). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read ニン

7 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · rěn

Same form: 忍 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
忍 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
忍 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin rěn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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