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认 — to recognize; to know; to admit

Pinyin
rèn
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 认: 4 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

认 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 认 in the HSK syllabus: 16

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 认识rènshito know; to recognize; to be familiar withHSK 1
  2. 认得rèndeto recognize; to remember sth on seeing it; to knowHSK 3
  3. 认为rènwéito believe; to think; to consider; to feelHSK 3
  4. 认真rènzhēnconscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriouslyHSK 3
  5. 承认chéngrènto admit; to concede; to recognize; recognitionHSK 5
  6. 否认fǒurènto declare to be untrue; to denyHSK 5
  7. 确认quèrènto confirm; to verify; confirmationHSK 5
  8. 认rènto recognize; to know; to admitHSK 5
  9. 公认gōngrènpublicly known; acceptedHSK 6
  10. 认错rèncuòto admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistakeHSK 6
  11. 认定rèndìngto maintain; to determine; determinationHSK 6
  12. 认可rènkěto approve; approval; acknowledgment; OKHSK 6
  13. 认同rèntóngto approve of; to endorse; to acknowledgeHSK 6
  14. 认知rènzhīcognition; cognitive; understanding; perceptionHSK 6
  15. 辨认biànrènto recognize; to identifyHSK 7–9
  16. 认证rènzhèngto authenticate; to approveHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.