IDENTITY
认rènto recognize; to admit
HSK 1Top 390
CORE MEANING
to recognize; to admit
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to recognize; to know (a person)HSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 讠speech radical (yán)
- strokes
- 4
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰讠人
- speech radical
- gives the sound rén → rèn
USAGE
Common words
认识rènshito know (a person)
认为rènwéito think; to consider
认真rènzhēnserious; earnest
Graded examples
你认识那个人吗？Nǐ rènshi nà ge rén ma?HSK1
Do you know that person?
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Words (讠) that identify a person (人) — recognizing.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #390
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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