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認
認
See also: 认
Translingual
Han character
認 (radical 149 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口尸戈心 (YRSIP), four-corner 07632, composition ⿰言忍)
Descendants
References
- KangXi: page 1161, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35502
- Dae Jaweon: page 1626, character 25
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3980, character 11
- Unihan data for U+8A8D
Chinese
| trad. | 認 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 认 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (刃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 涊 | *nɯːnʔ, *njɯnʔ |
| 紉 | *nɯn |
| 忍 | *njɯnʔ |
| 荵 | *njɯnʔ |
| 刃 | *njɯns |
| 認 | *njɯns, *njɯŋs |
| 仞 | *njɯns |
| 軔 | *njɯns |
| 韌 | *njɯns |
| 肕 | *njɯns |
| 牣 | *njɯns |
| 杒 | *njɯns |
| 訒 | *njɯns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *njɯns, *njɯŋs) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 忍 (OC *njɯnʔ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jing6, jan6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngin
- Min Dong (BUC): nêng
- Min Nan
- Wu (Wiktionary): nyin (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ
- Wade-Giles: jên4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renn
- IPA (key): /ʐən⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jing6, jan6
- Yale: yihng, yahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jing6, jan6
- IPA (key): /jɪŋ²²/, /jɐn²²/
- Note: jing6 - common, jan6 - rare.
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngin
- Hakka Romanization System: ngin
- Hagfa Pinyim: ngin4
- IPA: /ɲin⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: nêng
- IPA (key): /nˡɛiŋ²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jīn / līn
- Tâi-lô: jīn / līn
- Phofsit Daibuun: jin, lin
- IPA (Xiamen): /d͡ʑin²²/, /lin²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡ʑin⁴¹/, /lin⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑin²²/, /lin²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /d͡ʑin³³/, /lin³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /d͡ʑin³³/, /lin³³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ring7
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jīng
- IPA (key): /d͡ziŋ¹¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: nyin (T3)
- IPA (key): /ȵɪɲ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 認 | 認 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (43) | 蒸 (133) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 而振切 | 而證切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ȵiɪnH/ | /ȵɨŋH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ȵinH/ | /ȵɨŋH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȵʑjenH/ | /ȵʑieŋH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ȵinH/ | /ȵiŋH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȵiĕnH/ | /ȵiəŋH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȵʑĭĕnH/ | /ȵʑĭəŋH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȵʑi̯ĕnH/ | /ȵʑi̯əŋH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
rèn | rèng |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 認 | 認 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 10832 | 10840 |
| Phonetic component |
刃 | 刃 |
| Rime group |
文 | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
刃 | 認 |
| Old Chinese |
/*njɯns/ | /*njɯŋs/ |
Definitions
認
- to recognise; to know; to understand
- to accept; to agree
- to admit (defeat)
- to treat as; to consider as
Compounds
Derived terms from 認
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Japanese
Kanji
認
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Readings
- Goon: にょう (nyō) (non-Jōyō reading), にん (nin)
- Kan’on: じょう (jō) (non-Jōyō reading), じん (jin) (non-Jōyō reading)
- Kun: みとめる (mitomeru), したためる (shitatameru), みとめ (mitome)
Compounds
Proper noun
認 (hiragana みとむ, romaji Mitomu)
- A male given name
Vietnamese
Han character
認 (nhận)
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