Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N3

198 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: acknowledge, witness, discern, recognize, appreciate, believe

Kunyomi: みと.める したた.める

Onyomi: ニン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ごんべん

Meaning: speech

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

識する(にんしきする)   recognize, become aware of

知する(にんちする)   acknowledge, recognize

可する(にんかする)   approve, give permission

定する(にんていする)   authorize, acknowledge

する(かくにんする)   affirm, confirm

する(しょうにんする)   approve, acknowledge

する(もくにんする)   tolerate, give tacit consent

める(みとめる)   recognize, acknowledge

Onyomi Examples

ニンシキ recognition, awareness, perception, understanding, knowledge, cognition, cognizance, cognisance

ニンカ approval, license, licence, permission

コウニン official recognition, official approval, certification, authorization, authorisation

ツイニン ratification, confirmation

Kunyomi Examples

める みとめる to recognize, to recognise, to observe, to notice, to deem, to judge, to assess, to approve, to deem acceptable, to allow, to admit, to accept, to confess (to a charge), to watch steadily, to observe carefully, to renown, to give renown to, to appreciate, to acknowledge

める したためる to write (e.g. a letter), to draw up (a document), to take down (e.g. notes), to have (lunch, dinner, etc.), to eat