忍 ren
(as in 忍受 or 忍耐) means “endure”. It is made of two chinese characters stacked on top of each other.
刀 dao, which means “knife” 刃 rèn, which refers to the cutting edge of a knife (the dot denotes the specific place on a blade);
and 心 xin, which means “heart”.
It is my favourite word. Enduring anything literally is carrying on with life while the knife’s edge is resting on your heart.













