认识

Character by character

• 认rèn4 strokesHSK 1 traditional 認recognize, know, understand
• 识shí7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 識recognize, understand, know

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我认识他。

  Wǒ rèn shi tā

  I know him.

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• 她认识我。

  Tā rèn shi wǒ

  She knows me.

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• 我认识她。

  Wǒ rèn shi tā

  I know her.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 认识. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 认为rèn wéiHSK 2

  to believe; to think; to consider; to feel

• 认真rèn zhēnHSK 1

  conscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriously; to take to heart

• 意识yì shíHSK 5

  consciousness; awareness; to be aware; to realize

• 承认chéng rènHSK 4

  to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge

• 确认què rènHSK 4

  to confirm; to verify; confirmation

• 知识zhī shiHSK 1

  knowledge; intellectual

• 认rènHSK 5

  to recognize; to know; to admit

• 否认fǒu rènHSK 3

  to declare to be untrue; to deny

• 认定rèn dìngHSK 5

  to maintain (that sth is true); to determine (a fact); determination (of an amount); of the firm opinion; to believe firmly; to set one's mind on; to identify with

• 认可rèn kěHSK 3

  to approve; approval; acknowledgment; OK

• 见识jiàn shiHSK 7

  to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself; knowledge; experience; insight

• 识别shí biéHSK 7

  to distinguish; to discern; to identify; to recognize

• 认同rèn tóngHSK 6

  to approve of; to endorse; to acknowledge; to recognize; to identify oneself with

• 共识gòng shíHSK 7

  common understanding; consensus

• 认出rèn chūHSK 3

  recognition; to recognize

• 认证rèn zhèngHSK 7

  to authenticate; to approve

• 识shíHSK 6

  to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shì]

• 认知rèn zhīHSK 7

  cognition; cognitive; understanding; perception; awareness; to be cognizant of; to recognize; to realize

• 相识xiāng shíHSK 7

  to get to know each other; acquaintance

• 常识cháng shíHSK 4

  common sense; general knowledge

• 认得rèn deHSK 3

  to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know

• 公认gōng rènHSK 5

  publicly known (to be); accepted (as)

• 辨认biàn rènHSK 7

  to recognize; to identify

• 认错rèn cuòHSK 7

  to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake