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
认真
rènzhēn
serious, conscientious
Characters in this word
真 zhēn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- Made of
- 直 straight, vertical 几 small table
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他学习很认真。 Tā xuéxí hěn rènzhēn. He studies very conscientiously.
- 她工作很认真。 Tā gōngzuò hěn rènzhēn. She works very conscientiously.
- 他看书很认真。 Tā kàn shū hěn rènzhēn. He reads very carefully.