認 — acknowledge, witness, discern

みとめる認 acknowledge

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 14 strokes

U+8A8D Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #198 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #643 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

acknowledge
witness
discern
recognize
appreciate
believe

word

みと mito Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

認(みと) める mitomeru to recognize

にん nin On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

確(かく) 認(にん) kakunin confirmation 認(にん) 識(しき) ninshiki recognition 認(にん) 定(てい) nintei authorization 承(しょう) 認(にん) shounin approval 認(にん) 知(ち) ninchi recognition 認(にん) 証(しょう) ninshou authentication 認(にん) 可(か) ninka approval 公(こう) 認(にん) kounin official recognition

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

げん言 say #149

しのび忍 endure

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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