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漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

認: acknowledge, witness

Also: discern, recognize, appreciate, believe

JLPT N314 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

言 carries the meaning · 忍 gives the sound

14 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ニンnin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 認識するにんしきするrecognize, become aware of
  • 認知するにんちするacknowledge, recognize
  • 認可するにんかするapprove, give permission
  • 認定するにんていするauthorize, acknowledge
  • 確認するかくにんするaffirm, confirm
  • 承認するしょうにんするapprove, acknowledge
  • 黙認するもくにんするtolerate, give tacit consent

みとめるmitomeru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 認めるみとめるrecognize, acknowledge

Also read したためる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)言 speech (meaning) + 忍 (sound)

Source: Wiktionary, 認 (rev. 92162814), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
More in the 言 speech story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
言

Also built on speech (言)

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Also read ニン

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
認 acknowledge · 忍
vs誌 document · 志
認 has 忍 where 誌 has 志.
In ChineseSimplified 认 · traditional, as in Japanese · rèn

Japan keeps the traditional form 認; mainland China simplifies it to 认.

Simplified
认 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
認 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin rèn 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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