Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 刃 represents the sound.
Components
心 Meaning component
xīn heart
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Historical Evolution
忍
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
忍
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
忍
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
忍
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
忍
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
忍
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
忍
Regular
Modern
Chinese
忍 [rěn]
to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself
Japanese
noun
- squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii)
- Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern)
- color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue)
- shinobu-wake (Edo-period women's hairstyle)
- clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
endurance; forbearance; patience; self-restraint
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
忍 あずみ
Azumi female given name
忍 おし
Oshi place namesurnamegiven name
忍 しの
Shino female given name
忍 しのび
Shinobi place name
忍 しのぶ
Shinobu female given namesurname
忍 にん
Nin given name
CHINESE WORDS (82)
忍受 [rěnshòu] #2,093
to bear
忍不住 [rěnbuzhù] #4,573
cannot help
残忍 [cánrěn] #3,074
cruel
残忍 [cánrěn] #3,074
cruel
容忍 [róngrěn] #4,248
to put up with
忍耐 [rěnnài] #7,782
to endure
忍心 [rěnxīn] #10,074
to have the heart to do sth
不忍 [bùrěn] #54,970
cannot bear to
忍无可忍 [rěnwúkěrěn] #14,574
more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience
忍无可忍 [rěnwúkěrěn] #14,574
more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience
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JAPANESE WORDS (91)
忍び込む [しのびこむ] #6,177
to creep in
⭐ 忍者 [にんじゃ] #10,247
ninja
⭐ 忍ぶ [しのぶ] #12,523
to conceal oneself
忍 [しのぶ] #14,345
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii)
忍ばせる [しのばせる] #14,410
to conceal
忍び寄る [しのびよる] #14,526
to creep
⭐ 残忍 [ざんにん] #16,025
brutal
お忍び [おしのび] #16,819
travelling incognito (of a person of high rank)
忍びない [しのびない] #17,605
cannot bear (doing)
⭐ 忍耐 [にんたい] #18,618
endurance
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