认

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to recognize; to know; to admit

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

讠 meaning “speech” + 人 sound ( rén )

Components 讠人

recognize · Heisig RSH #794

words + 人 person

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
认真	rèn zhēn	conscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriously; to take to heart
认识	rèn shi	to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understa…
认知神经心理学	rèn zhī shén jīng xīn lǐ xué	cognitive neuropsychology
认知心理学	rèn zhī xīn lǐ xué	cognitive psychology
认死理儿	rèn sǐ lǐ r	erhua variant of 認死理\|认死理[ren4 si3 li3]
认人儿	rèn rén r	erhua variant of 認人\|认人[ren4 ren2]
不承认主义	bù chéng rèn zhǔ yì	policy of non-recognition
国际公认	guó jì gōng rèn	internationally recognized
认死理	rèn sǐ lǐ	obstinate; opinionated
理性认识	lǐ xìng rèn shi	cognition; rational knowledge
道德认识	dào dé rèn shi	moral cognition; ethical awareness
认知失调	rèn zhī shī tiáo	cognitive dissonance
翻脸不认人	fān liǎn bù rèn rén	to fall out with sb and become hostile
认识不能	rèn shi bù néng	agnosia
失物认领	shī wù rèn lǐng	lost and found
认知战	rèn zhī zhàn	cognitive warfare
感性认识	gǎn xìng rèn shi	perceptual awareness
认人	rèn rén	to recognize people (of babies); to be able to tell people apart
认头	rèn tóu	to admit defeat; to accept having lost
认生	rèn shēng	shy with strangers

Characters sharing the sound component 人 — compare how they read.