知
知 — ji
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 알 지
- Romanization
- ji
- English
- know, perceive, comprehend
- Mandarin
- zhī
- Japanese on'yomi
- チ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- し.る し.らせる
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #205 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 矢 (111, 3 residual)
- Unicode
- U+77E5
Parts that make up 知
How 知 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 知 as a ideographic compound involving 大, 口, 子.
Korean example words with 知
- 각지覺知 Korean gloss: 깨달아 앎
- 감지感知 Korean gloss: 느끼어 앎
- 지력知力 Korean gloss: 지식의 힘
- 검지檢知 Korean gloss: 검사하여 알아냄
- 중지衆知 Korean gloss: 많은 사람이 앎
- 지구知舊 Korean gloss: 사귄 지 오래된 친구
- 숙지熟知 Korean gloss: 익숙하게 또는 충분히 앎
- 지명知名 Korean gloss: 이름이 널리 알려져 있음
- 가지可知 Korean gloss: 알 만함. 또는 알 수 있음
- 지우知友 Korean gloss: 서로 마음이 통하는 친한 벗
- 지견知見 Korean gloss: 지식과 견문을 아울러 이르는 말
- 지덕知德 Korean gloss: 지식과 도덕을 아울러 이르는 말
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 知
- 知事ちじ prefectural governor
- 知るしる to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of)
- 知らん顔しらんかお feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize (someone)
- 県知事けんちじ prefectural governor
- 知識ちしき knowledge; information
- 知人ちじん friend; acquaintance
- 知恵ちえ wisdom; wit; sagacity
- 知的ちてき intellectual
- 通知つうち notice; notification; report
- 副知事ふくちじ vice-governor; deputy governor; lieutenant governor
- 予知よち foresight; foreknowledge; intimation
- 知り合いしりあい acquaintance
Characters sharing the phonetic 知
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 “지” in Korean.
Other hanja read “지”
Other hanja with radical 矢
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences