認 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「言」
道5Elementary year 6 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「言」
- On
- ニンにん · nin
- Kun
- みと(める)mito(meru)
- Meaning
- to recognise; approve; admit
Stroke order
Origin
言 "speech" plus 忍 "to bear"; hearing a thing out and taking it in — hence "to recognise, admit."
Readings and examples
| Onニンにんnin | 認識にんしき承認しょうにん否認ひにん |
|---|---|
| Kunみとめるmitomeru | 認めるみとめる |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 確認かくにん
confirmation
- 認定にんてい
official recognition
Example
自分のまちがいを認めた。
I admitted my own mistake.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)