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Mythic Mandarin

认罪 (rèn zuì): meaning and stroke order

认罪 (rèn zuì) means to admit guilt; to plead guilty.

认罪

Simplified
认罪
Traditional
認罪
Pinyin
rèn zuì

Stroke order of 认罪

认

  • rèn to recognize; to know
  • 4 strokes
  • Traditional form: 認

Stroke by stroke

罪

  • zuì guilt; crime
  • zuì variant of 罪[zui4], crime
  • 13 strokes
  • Traditional form: 辠

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 认罪

  1. rèn zuì Traditional 認罪
    • to admit guilt; to plead guilty

Radicals of the characters

认
Radical 讠 (Kangxi radical 149) in its simplified form · 4 strokes · 讠 on the left, 人 on the right
罪
Radical 网 (Kangxi radical 122) · 13 strokes · 罒 on top, 非 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

认罪 in our stories

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  • 铁证面前，赵大不得不认罪。

    tiězhèng miànqián Zhào Dà bùdébù rènzuì

    Faced with ironclad evidence, Zhao Da had no choice but to confess.

    From the story The tale of the black basin HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 认罪

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).