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Kanji Detail for 忍 - "endure, persevere, stealth"

忍

  • Meaning

    忍 means "endure, persevere, stealth."

    1. Endure - To bear with patience; to tolerate.

    2. Persevere - To continue despite difficulty.

    3. Stealth - Moving secretly and quietly; ninja arts.

    4. Hide - To conceal oneself or something.

    5. Cruel - Harsh; causing suffering (rarely used in names).

  • Words using 忍

    • 忍耐 にんたい Listen endurance; perseverance; patience
    • 忍ぶ しのぶ Listen to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure

  • Four-character idioms with 忍

    • 堅忍不抜 けんにんふばつ Listen indomitable perseverance; invincible fortitude
    • 残忍酷薄 ざんにんこくはく Listen cruel; heartless; brutal
    • 隠忍自重 いんにんじちょう Listen (behaving with) patience and prudence; putting up with something

  • Origin of 忍

    刃, a blade, held directly over 心, the heart: to endure is to hold still under an edge. The character of 忍耐 (endurance) and of the 忍者 — the one who endures everything unseen.

    How to remember it: A blade 刃 resting on the heart 心 — hold still, bear it, make no sound: endurance.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

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    • Verified meaning: endure, persevere, stealth
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あずみ, おし, しの, しのぶ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 忍

    Given names 忍(あずみ)Listen 忍(おし)Listen 忍(しの)Listen 忍(しのぶ)Listen 忍(にん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    endure; bear; put up with; conceal; secrete; spy; sneak

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    endure, bear, suffer; forbear

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to endure, to bear, to suffer, to tolerate

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To endure. Meaning the heart is uneasy but forcibly held back. Such as 堅忍. Also, being gentle and not easily angered is 容忍, same meaning. | Being content with inhumanity is 忍. Such as 忍心害理. The opposite is 不忍. (Mencius) "All people have a heart that cannot bear to see others suffer."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    nin(ニン) ニン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    shino.baseru(しの-ばせる) しの-ばせる

    shinobu(しの-ぶ) しの-ぶ

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

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    心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

  • Related Keywords

    endure persevere stealth concealment cruel hide ninja ninjutsu bear sneak tolerate patience endurance fortitude grit resilience secrecy camouflage perseverance

Sentences including 忍

  • Nobody is able to succeed without endurance.

  • Above all , be patient.

  • You should school yourself to be patient.

  • The teacher said , above all , what is necessary for success is perseverance.

  • I have no patience.

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