辨 biàn
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 辛 — bitter
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
辨认
biànrèn
to identify; to recognise
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
- 由于监控画面太模糊，警方一时难以辨认嫌疑人的面部特征。 Yóuyú jiānkòng huàmiàn tài móhu, jǐngfāng yìshí nányǐ biànrèn xiányírén de miànbù tèzhēng. Because the surveillance footage was too blurry, the police found it temporarily difficult to identify the suspect's facial features.
- 他的字太潦草了，我很难辨认。 Tā de zì tài liáocǎo le, wǒ hěn nán biànrèn. His handwriting is too scrawled, and I find it hard to make out.
- 多年没见，她还是一眼就辨认出了小时候的好朋友。 Duō nián méi jiàn, tā háishi yì yǎn jiù biànrèn chū le xiǎoshíhou de hǎo péngyou. Even after years apart, she recognised her childhood friend at a glance.
Related words
- 辨别 biànbié to distinguish; to discern
- 分辨 fēnbiàn to distinguish; to identify
- 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
- 承认 chéngrèn to admit
- 确认 quèrèn to confirm
- 公认 gōngrèn recognized by everyone