忍 — in

Parts that make up 忍

How 忍 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 忍 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 刃, 心.

Korean example words with 忍

• 인종忍從 Korean gloss: 묵묵히 참고 따름
• 인내忍耐 Korean gloss: 괴로움이나 어려움을 참고 견딤
• 인고하다忍苦 Korean gloss: 괴로움을 참다
• 은인하다隱忍 Korean gloss: 밖으로 드러내지 아니하고 마음속에 감추어 참고 견디다
• 인내력忍耐力 Korean gloss: 괴로움이나 어려움을 참고 견디는 힘
• 인내성忍耐性 Korean gloss: 괴로움이나 어려움을 참고 견디는 성질
• 인내심忍耐心 Korean gloss: 괴로움이나 어려움을 참고 견디는 마음
• 잔인화殘忍化 Korean gloss: 인정이 없어지고 아주 모질게 됨. 또는 그렇게 함
• 불인견不忍見 Korean gloss: 눈앞에 벌어진 상황 따위를 눈 뜨고는 차마 볼 수 없음
• 잔인성殘忍性 Korean gloss: 인정이 없고 아주 모진 행동을 태연하게 하는 경향이나 성질
• 감인堪忍 Korean gloss: 참고 견딤.
• 인심忍心 Korean gloss: 참는 마음.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 忍

• 忍耐にんたい endurance; perseverance; patience
• 忍者にんじゃ ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
• 残忍ざんにん brutal; cruel; merciless
• 忍ぶしのぶ to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure
• 忍び込むしのびこむ to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
• 忍び寄るしのびよる to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up
• 堪忍袋かんにんぶくろ one's store of patience
• 忍びしのび stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu
• 忍にん endurance; forbearance; patience
• 隠忍いんにん patience; endurance; undercover ninja
• 押忍おっす hi!; yo!; hey man!
• 堪忍かんにん patience; forbearance; endurance

Characters sharing the phonetic 刃

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “인” in Korean.

Other hanja read “인”

Other hanja with radical 心