Meaning
to know; knowledge; to record; write a footnote
Chinese: 认识、知识；读 zhì 时指记号。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “shi” becomes a different word in each tone. 识 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 认识rèn shito know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb
- 知识zhī shiknowledge; intellectual
- 常识cháng shícommon sense; general knowledge
- 意识yì shíconsciousness; awareness; to be aware of; to realize
- 识别shí biéto distinguish; to discern; to identify; to recognize
Example Sentence
我认识这个字，但不知道怎么读。Wǒ rèn shi zhè ge zì, dàn bù zhī dào zěn me dú.I recognize this character, but I do not know how to read it.
我WǒI认识rèn shito know这个zhè ge(pronoun) this字zìletter，但dànbut不知bù zhīnot to know道dàoroad怎么zěn mehow读dúto read out。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The speech radical 讠 plus 只: read shí ‘to know, recognize; knowledge’ (认识, 知识); read zhì ‘to remember; a record, mark’ (标识). Simplified from 識.
A way to remember it
shí = to recognize / knowledge (知识); zhì = to mark (标识).