rèn

to recognize

to know; to admit

speech (讠) + person (人) = recognize and know

The speech radical grounds the meaning: recognizing something is putting words to it, naming what you know. 人 mainly contributes the sound rén, though picturing a person being identified by name is a handy memory bridge.

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Words with 认

道德认识

dào dé rèn shi

moral cognition

体认

tǐ rèn

to realize

默认

mò rèn

to agree tacitly

不承认主义

bù chéng rèn zhǔ yì

policy of non-recognition

低头认罪

dī tóu rèn zuì

to bow one's head in acknowledgment of guilt

供认

gòng rèn

to confess

供认不讳

gòng rèn bù huì

to make a full confession; to plead guilty

优先认股权

yōu xiān rèn gǔ quán

preemptive right (in share issue)

元认知

yuán rèn zhī

metacognition

公认

gōng rèn

publicly known (to be)

六亲不认

liù qīn bù rèn

not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives

否认

fǒu rèn

to declare to be untrue

More characters with 讠