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識

識 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. しる、わかる、わきまえる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「言」+音符「戠」。「しる」「わかる」を意味する漢語｛識｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

discriminating, know, write

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シキElem.
Kun (native)
  • し(る)
  • しる(す)
Nanori (used in names)
  • さと
  • さとる
Other languages
  • 拼音shi4
  • 拼音zhi4
  • 한글sig
  • 한글ji
  • Hán-ViệtThức
  • Hán-ViệtChí

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
19 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+8B58

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言戠

Words using this kanji

  • 識者しきしゃ優れた見識や教養を持つ者。有識者。well-informed person, thinking person, intelligent person
  • 識別しきべつ似ている物事の種類や性質などを見分けること。distinction, discrimination, discernment, identification
  • 識見しきけん事物を正しく見分ける能力。見識。views, opinion, discernment, pride
  • 識字率しきじりつある国や地域で文字、文章の読み書き、理解ができる人の割合。literacy rate
  • 識しき（シキ）認識作用。のひとつ。acquaintanceship, vijnana, written by ...
  • 識字しきじ文字が読めること。 (現代語)転じて、文字を読み書きできること。 機器類が文字を認識すること。literacy
  • 識閾しきいきthreshold of consciousness, limen
  • 識語しきご写本や刊行された書物で本文の前や後に写本年月や来歴などを記したもの。preface, editors note, postscript
  • 識別子しきべつしいくつかの対象の中から特定の対象を区別するために使われる名称や記号、数値など。identifier
  • 識別力しきべつりょくability to discriminate or discern, (powers of) discrimination or discernment
  • 識別名しきべつめいidentifier, distinguished name, DN
  • 識閾下しきいきかsubliminal, below the threshold of consciousness
  • 識者評論しきしゃひょうろんa word from the wise
  • 識別子値しきべつしちidentifier value
  • 識別番号しきべつばんごうidentification number
  • 識字教育しきじきょういくliteracy education
  • 識別信号しきべつしんごうidentifying signal, recognition signal, (radio) call sign
  • 識別不能しきべつふのうunidentifiable, indiscernible, unrecognizable, indistinguishable
  • 識別子参照値しきべつしさんしょうちidentifier reference value
  • 識別子参照並びしきべつしさんしょうならびidentifier reference list

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-12
Four Corner
0365.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7a12.6
Heisig
521
Nelson
4438