You Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Speech (yán)
14 Kangxi strokes
Page 1161, Entry 01
Pronounced ren (falling tone). Same pronunciation as the character ren (falling tone).
Jade Chapters (Yupian): The meaning is to recognize or to identify.
Expanded Rhymes (Zengyun): To distinguish or to discern.
Guan Yinzi, Two Pillars Chapter: One should regard oneself as a single entity with heaven, earth, and all things, yet some people rely on their own cleverness and insist that only they themselves are correct.
History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Zhuo Mao: Zhuo Mao was once out traveling when someone pointed to his horse and claimed it was his own. Zhuo Mao promptly unhitched the horse and gave it to him. Later, when the man found his own lost horse, he went to the government office and returned the animal.
History of the Yuan (Yuanshi), Biography of Wang Kejing: To handle matters without being earnest, is this the way to fully discharge one's duty?
There is also a type of wine called mistaken recognition, recorded in Records of Southern Song City Markets (Nansong Shisi Ji).
Reading Thoroughly (Dushutong): Interchangeable with the character ren (falling tone).
History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Biography of the Confucian Scholars: Meng Xi therefore refused to admit it.
Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui): Interchangeable with the character ren (falling tone). Refer to the entry for ren (falling tone) for further details.
Pronounced zheng (falling tone). Meaning remains the same.