知 – know, wisdom

8 strokesTaught in grade 2#205 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 知 means know, wisdom. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チ (chi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is し.る、し.らせる (shiru, shiraseru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 矢 (no. 111).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チ	chi
Kun’yomi	し.る	shiru
Kun’yomi	し.らせる	shiraseru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 矢 (Kangxi radical 111). Components: 口・矢・乞.

Words using 知

知るしるto know承知しょうちknowledge知らせるしらせるto notify知恵ちえwisdom知事ちじprefectural governor知識ちしきknowledge知能ちのうintelligence知らせしらせnews知合いしりあいacquaintance知人ちじんfriend通知つうちnotice知り合いしりあいacquaintance知性ちせいintelligence知的ちてきintellectual未知みちnot yet known無知むちignorance旧知きゅうちold friend

Example sentences

あなたは１９９０年から彼女を知っているのですか？

Have you known her since 1990?

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私は自分が感じたことを言えるのが必要であることを知った。

I find it necessary to be able to say what I feel.

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人はすべて死すべきものと承知している。

We know that all men are mortal.

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Kanji with the same radical

短矢

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.