不可知
Chinese edit
not; no | to be able to be known; to be able to deduce that; to be knowable | ||
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simp. and trad. (不可知) |
不 | 可知 |
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
不可知
- unknowable; inscrutable; inconceivable
- 惟麟也不可知。不可知,則其謂之不祥也亦宜。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 812, Han Yu (韓愈), On the Appearance of the Lin (《獲麟解》)
- Wéi lín yě bùkězhī. Bùkězhī, zé qí wèi zhī bùxiáng yě yì yí. [Pinyin]
- As for the lin, there is nothing by which one may know its identity. Being unknowable, the lin may be properly said to be a creature of ill fortune.
惟麟也不可知。不可知,则其谓之不祥也亦宜。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- agnostic
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of “unknowable”): 可知 (kězhī)
Derived terms edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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不 | 可 | 知 |
ふ Grade: 4 |
か Grade: 5 |
ち Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |