Kanji 認: "acknowledge, witness, discern"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 認

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 認みとめるto recognize; to recognise; to observe; to notice · to deem; to judge; to assess
• 確かく認にんconfirmation; verification; validation; review
• 認にん識しきrecognition; awareness; perception; understanding
• 認にん定ていauthorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement
• 承しょう認にんrecognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval
• 再さい確かく認にんreaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
• 視し認にんvisual confirmation; sighting
• 認にん知ちacknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
• 公こう認にんofficial recognition; official approval; certification; authorization
• 認したためるto write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes) · to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
• 黙もく認にんtacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence
• 容よう認にんapproval; acceptance; toleration

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