意識

See also: 意识

Chinese

		idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; (abbr.) Italy	to record; write a footnote; to know to record; write a footnote; to know; knowledge
trad. (意識)		意	識
simp. (意识)		意	识

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 意識 (いしき) (ishiki, “consciousness”), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 意識／意识 (yìshí, “awareness, discernment”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìshí, yìshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄕˊ, ㄧˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³ sik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yi-sṳt
• Min Nan (POJ): ì-sek / ì-siak / ì-sit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: yìshí → yìshi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄕˊ → ㄧˋ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih.shy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìshi̊h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/ → /i⁵¹ ʂʐ̩¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Pinyin: yìshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄕˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihshyh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìshìh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji³ sik¹
    • Yale: yi sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji³ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi³ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³³ sɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-sṳt
    • Hakka Romanization System: i siid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi<sup>4</sup> sid<sup>5</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i⁵⁵ sɨt̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-sṳt
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)i siid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴ sid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i⁵⁵ sɨt̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ì-sek
    • Tâi-lô: ì-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ieseg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ì-siak
    • Tâi-lô: ì-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iesiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ì-sit
    • Tâi-lô: ì-sit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iesid
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²¹⁻⁵³ ɕit̚³²/

Noun

意識

1. consciousness; awareness; the mind; mentality; sense

   提高意識 / 提高意识  ―  tígāo yìshí  ―  to raise awareness

   加強文明意識 / 加强文明意识  ―  jiāqiáng wénmíng yìshí  ―  to improve people's awareness of civilized behaviour

   權利意識 / 权利意识  ―  quánlì yìshí  ―  sense of entitlement

Verb

意識

1. (usually used with 到) to be conscious of; to be aware of; to awake to; to realize

Derived terms

• 下意識／下意识 (xiàyìshí)
• 前意識／前意识 (qiányìshí)
• 危機意識／危机意识
• 同類意識／同类意识
• 團體意識／团体意识
• 女性意識／女性意识
• 思想意識／思想意识 (sīxiǎng yìshí)
• 意識型態／意识型态
• 意識形態／意识形态 (yìshí xíngtài)
• 意識歷程／意识历程
• 意識流／意识流 (yìshíliú)
• 意識障礙／意识障碍

• 憂患意識／忧患意识
• 有意識／有意识 (yǒuyìshí)
• 民族意識／民族意识
• 潛意識／潜意识 (qiányìshí)
• 潛意識歷程／潜意识历程
• 無意識／无意识 (wúyìshí)
• 社區意識／社区意识
• 社會意識／社会意识
• 自我意識／自我意识 (zìwǒ yìshí)
• 虛假意識／虚假意识 (xūjiǎ yìshí)
• 階級意識／阶级意识

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
意	識
い Grade: 3	しき Grade: 5
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 意識 (ʔiH syik)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) い​しき [íꜜshìkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [iɕi̥kʲi]

Noun

意識 (hiragana いしき, rōmaji ishiki)

1. consciousness; awareness
2. sense; awareness

Derived terms

• 無意識 (むいしき) (muishiki): unconscious, unconsciousness
• 潜在意識 (せんざいいしき) (senzai ishiki): the subconscious; a subconscious mind
• 自己意識 (じこいしき) (jiko ishiki): self-conscious, self-consciousness

Verb

意識する (transitive, suru conjugation, hiragana いしきする, rōmaji ishiki suru)

1. be conscious
2. be aware

Conjugation

Conjugation of "意識する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	意識し	いしきし	ishiki shi
Continuative (連用形)	意識し	いしきし	ishiki shi
Terminal (終止形)	意識する	いしきする	ishiki suru
Attributive (連体形)	意識する	いしきする	ishiki suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	意識すれ	いしきすれ	ishiki sure
Imperative (命令形)	意識せよ¹ 意識しろ²	いしきせよ¹ いしきしろ²	ishiki seyo¹ ishiki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	意識される	いしきされる	ishiki sareru
Causative	意識させる 意識さす	いしきさせる いしきさす	ishiki saseru ishiki sasu
Potential	意識できる	いしきできる	ishiki dekiru
Volitional	意識しよう	いしきしよう	ishiki shiyō
Negative	意識しない	いしきしない	ishiki shinai
Negative continuative	意識せず	いしきせず	ishiki sezu
Formal	意識します	いしきします	ishiki shimasu
Perfective	意識した	いしきした	ishiki shita
Conjunctive	意識して	いしきして	ishiki shite
Hypothetical conditional	意識すれば	いしきすれば	ishiki sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Descendants

• Chinese: 意識／意识 (yìshí)
• Korean: 의식 (uisik)
• Vietnamese: ý thức

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Korean

Hanja in this term
意	識

Noun

意識 • (uisik, McCune-Reischauer: ŭisik, Yale: ūysik) (hangeul 의식)

1. Hanja form^? of 의식 (“consciousness”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
意	識

Noun

意識

1. Hán tự form of ý thức (“consciousness”).