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Chinese symbol for “authenticate”

认证
rèn zhèng
Traditional: 認證
to authenticate; to approve

The closest CC-CEDICT match for authenticate is 认证 (rèn zhèng), defined as: to authenticate; to approve.

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Characters and stroke order

认 rèn
to know, to recognize, to understand
radical 149 ⾔ · 4 strokes
证 zhèng
to prove, to verify; certificate, proof
radical 149 ⾔ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “authenticate”

WordPinyinMeaning
鉴定 (鑑定)jiàn dìngto examine sth to determine its authenticity, quality, value etc; to appraise; to evaluate; to authenticate
验证 (驗證)yàn zhèngto inspect and verify; experimental verification
认明 (認明)rèn míngto identify; to authenticate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 认证.

WordPinyinMeaning
认为 (認為)rèn wéito believe; to think; to consider; to feel
认识 (認識)rèn shito know; to recognize
承认 (承認)chéng rènto admit; to concede
认真 (認真)rèn zhēnconscientious; earnest
确认 (確認)què rènto confirm; to verify
证明 (證明)zhèng míngproof; certificate
保证 (保證)bǎo zhèngguarantee; to guarantee
证据 (證據)zhèng jùevidence; proof

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.