Chinese Character Wiki
知

zhī

know

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 矢 represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

Transfer of knowledge is done through speech.

矢 sound component

矢  Sound component

shǐ

  

arrow

Evolution

知 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
知 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
知 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
知 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

知  

zhī

know, perceive, comprehend; to know; to be aware

Most common words with 知
Freq.
Word
Meaning

知道

to know

知识

knowledge

知

to know

通知

to notify

不知

not to know

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

智

Sound component in 5 characters (1 verified)

智 痴 蜘 踟 椥

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tre

trje

zhī

know


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 99.9359% of movies

37th most common character in movies

123rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+77E5

Shuowen

“知，詞也。从口，从矢。”


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