识(shí)

HSK 17 strokesTrad. 識
Readingsshízhì

to know

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Character information

Pinyin
shí / zhì
Meaning
to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shi4]
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
識

Origin & structure

Where 识 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰讠只

In this compound, the meaning comes from 讠 (speech); 只 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

讠yán只zhī

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 识 step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 识

Common words using 识 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

cháng常shí识
HSK 4

common sense; general knowledge

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yì意shí识
HSK 5

consciousness; awareness

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gòng共shí识
HSK 7-9

common understanding; consensus

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xià下yì意shí识
HSK 7-9

subconscious mind

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sì似céng曾xiāng相shí识
HSK 7-9

déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)

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chū初shí识

to meet (sb) for the first time; to encounter (a place, an idea etc) for th…

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zhuó卓shí识

superior judgment; sagacity

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yī一dīng丁bù不shí识

(idiom) illiterate

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一七三上下不东两

From 识’s common words

常意共下似曾相初

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