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Recognize
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingニン
Kun readingみと.める

Verbs with «認»

認める確認する認識する認定する承認する認知する容認する認可する

Meanings

  1. recognize
  2. acknowledgeRtK
  3. witness
  4. discern
  5. appreciate
    彼は日本文化のよさを認めています。He appreciates Japanese culture.tatoeba
  6. believe
  1. to recognize
  2. to recognise
  3. to observe
  4. to notice
  5. to deem

Popular Usage

確認承認

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · endure · blade · sword (刀) · dagger (刀) · drop (丶) · heart (心)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 643

Compound words

確認かくにん
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check
承認しょうにん
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent
認めるみとめる
to recognize; to recognise; to observe; to notice; to deem
確認するかくにんする
to confirm
認識するにんしきする
to recognize
認定するにんていする
to authorize; to certify
誤認ごにん
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
公認こうにん
official recognition; official approval; certification; authorization; authorisation
是認ぜにん
approval; approbation; endorsement
認可にんか
approval; license; licence; permission
認識にんしき
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge
認証にんしょう
certification; attestation; authentication; confirmation; Imperial attestation
認知にんち
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
認定にんてい
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification
否認ひにん
denial; negation; repudiation; disapproval
黙認もくにん
tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration
容認ようにん
approval; acceptance; toleration
認めみとめ
approval; acceptance; recognition; acknowledgement; private seal
再確認さいかくにん
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
認め印みとめいん
private seal; personal seal; unregistered seal; informal seal; signet
認知症にんちしょう
dementia
公認会計士こうにんかいけいし
certified public accountant
光学式文字認識こうがくしきもじにんしき
optical character recognition; OCR
確認書かくにんしょ
written confirmation
彼は負けを認めなかった。みとめる
He didn't acknowledge defeat.tatoeba
彼は負けを認めた。みとめる
He admitted himself defeated.tatoeba
彼は彼女をおどしてそれを認めさせた。みとめる
He browbeat her into accepting it.tatoeba
彼は負けを認めなかった。
He didn't acknowledge defeat.tatoeba
彼は負けを認めた。
He admitted himself defeated.tatoeba
彼は批判家連中が、彼の過ちならなんでも叩こうと待ち受けていることを承認していた。
He knows that his critics are waiting to pounce on any slip that he makes.tatoeba
彼は彼女をおどしてそれを認めさせた。
He browbeat her into accepting it.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

リプレイ映像で確認する
りぷれいえいぞうでかくにんするI check with the replay video.
どっちでも起こる事は確認しています
どっちでもおこることはかくにんしていますWe've confirmed it can happen either way.
世論に押されて、通産省も、五十二年から併用を認めた。
せろんにおされて、つうさんしょうも、ごじゅうにねんからへいようをみとめた。Pressed by public opinion, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry also began allowing concurrent use from the year 1977.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Recognise, admit. 言 (words) + 忍 (endure) — listening patiently and accepting. 確認 — confirmation.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 認

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