认 rèn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 人 man, person
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
认识
rènshi
to know (someone), to recognize
Characters in this word
识 shí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 只 only, merely, just
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我认识他。 Wǒ rènshi tā. I know him.
- 很高兴认识你。 Hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ. Nice to meet you.
- 我不认识这个人。 Wǒ bú rènshi zhège rén. I don't know this person.