識

See also 识

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 戠

Han character

識 (radical 149 言+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 卜口卜戈日 (YRYIA), four-corner 0365₀)

1. recognize, understand, know

References

• KangXi: page 1181, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35974
• Dae Jaweon: page 1644, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4019, character 16
• Unihan data for U+8B58

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Cantonese

Hanzi

識 (simplified 识, Yale sik1)

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Japanese

Kanji

識 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: しき (shiki), しょく (shoku), し (shi)
• Kun: しる (shiru), しるし (shirushi), しるす (shirusu)

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Korean

Hanja

識 (hangeul 식, 지, revised sik, ji, McCune-Reischauer sik, chi, Yale sik, ci)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

識 (simplified 识, pinyin shí (shi2), shi (shi5), Wade-Giles shih⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

識 (thức)