Kanji N3

認: acknowledge, witness, discern

認 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning acknowledge, witness, discern, written with 14 strokes. It is read ニン (on) and みとめる, したためる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 確認 (かくにん, confirmation) and 承認 (しょうにん, recognition).

認

Meanings

  • acknowledge
  • witness
  • discern
  • recognize
  • appreciate
  • believe
Strokes14
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#198 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ニン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • みとめる
  • したためる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 認

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 確認かくにん

    confirmation; verification; validation; review

    JLPT N3
  • 承認しょうにん

    recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment

    JLPT N3
  • 認めるみとめる

    to recognize; to recognise; to observe

    JLPT N3
  • 認識にんしき

    recognition; awareness; perception

    JLPT N1
  • 公認こうにん

    official recognition; official approval

    JLPT N1
  • 認定にんてい

    authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment

  • 認可にんか

    approval; license; licence; permission

  • 容認ようにん

    approval; acceptance; toleration

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.