承 chéng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 手 — hand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
承认
chéngrèn
to admit
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 我承认错了。 Wǒ chéngrèn cuò le. I admit I was wrong.
- 他不承认。 Tā bù chéngrèn. He does not admit it.
- 请承认事实。 Qǐng chéngrèn shìshí. Please admit the facts.
Related words
- 承担 chéngdān to take on
- 承受 chéngshòu to bear; to endure
- 承办 chéngbàn to organize; to undertake
- 继承 jìchéng to inherit; to carry on
- 认识 rènshi to know (someone), to recognize
- 认真 rènzhēn serious, conscientious
- 认为 rènwéi to think; to believe
- 否认 fǒurèn to deny
- 认出 rènchū to recognize
- 认得 rènde to recognize
- 认可 rènkě to approve; to recognize
- 确认 quèrèn to confirm