rěn
adjective #32,191

Meanings

  1. 1 (literary) ripe (of grain); a year's harvest
  2. 2 (literary) familiar; well-acquainted with

Examples

Wǔgǔ fēng rěn, bǎixìng ānlè.
The five grains ripen abundantly; the people live in peace and joy.
Tā duì zhè yīdài de shānlù shífēn rěnshú.
He is thoroughly familiar with the mountain paths around here.

Tips

memory
Radical is (grain) — the original sense is 'grain ripening,' which extended metaphorically to 'long acquaintance ripening into familiarity' ( rěnshú = well-acquainted).
register
Almost exclusively literary or in fixed compounds: (bountiful harvest), (to know well), (intimately familiar). Not used as a free word in modern speech.

Stroke Order

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