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Kanji Information Sheet for 知 ( 
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| English: know wisdom | On-Yomi: チ | Kun-Yomi: し.る し.らせる さと さとる しり しれ とも のり |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 矢 (や) – arrow
Henshall Mnemonic: know arrow hole
Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #205 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #205 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 知らせ [しらせ]
(n) notice [K] [D] [Jisho] - 知恵 [ちえ]
(n) wisdom; wit; sagacity; sense; intelligence; advice [K] [D] [Jisho] - 知事 [ちじ]
(n) prefectural governor [K] [D] [Jisho] - 知識 [ちしき]
(n) knowledge; information [K] [D] [Jisho] - かも知れない [かもしれない]
(exp) may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly [K] [D] [Jisho] - 知能 [ちのう]
(n) intelligence; brains [K] [D] [Jisho] - 承知 [しょうち]
(n,vs) consent; acceptance; assent; admitting; acknowledgment; compliance; agreement; awareness [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 知合い [しりあい]
(n) acquaintance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 知人 [ちじん]
(n) friend; acquaintance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 通知 [つうち]
(n,vs) notice; notification [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 知り合い [しりあい]
(n) acquaintance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 未知 [みち]
(adj-na,n) not yet known [K] [D] [Jisho] - 知性 [ちせい]
(n) intelligence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 知的 [ちてき]
(adj-na,n) intellectual [K] [D] [Jisho] - 無知 [むち]
(adj-na,n) ignorance [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 知らず知らず [しらずしらず]
(adv) unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares [K] [D] [Jisho] - 知らん顔 [しらんかお]
(n) unconcerned air; indifference [K] [D] [Jisho] - 人見知り [ひとみしり]
(n) shyness [K] [D] [Jisho] - 知り合う [しりあう]
(v5u) to get to know (someone); to make acquaintance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 未知数 [みちすう]
(n) unknown number [K] [D] [Jisho] - 周知 [しゅうち]
(n) common knowledge; (something) well-known [K] [D] [Jisho] - 知れる [しれる]
(v1) to become known; to come to light; to be discovered [K] [D] [Jisho] - 知覚 [ちかく]
(n) perception [K] [D] [Jisho] - 熟知 [じゅくち]
(n,vs) being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見ず知らず [みずしらず]
(adj-no,exp,n) strange [K] [D] [Jisho] - 知己 [ちき]
(n) acquaintance; appreciative friend [K] [D] [Jisho] - 知合う [しりあう]
(v5u) to get to know (someone); to make acquaintance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 計り知れない [はかりしれない]
(adj,exp) unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable [K] [D] [Jisho] - 知識人 [ちしきじん]
(n) an intellectual [K] [D] [Jisho] - 顔見知り [かおみしり]
(n) acquaintance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 府知事 [ふちじ]
(n) prefectural governor [K] [D] [Jisho] - 知名 [ちめい]
(adj-na,n) well-known [K] [D] [Jisho] - 英知 [えいち]
(n) intelligence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 告知 [こくち]
(n,vs) notice; announcement [K] [D] [Jisho] - 認知 [にんち]
(n) acknowledgement; recognition [K] [D] [Jisho] - 予知 [よち]
(n) foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction [K] [D] [Jisho] - 恥知らず [はじしらず]
(adj-na,n) shameless (person) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 察知 [さっち]
(n,vs) sense; infer [K] [D] [Jisho] - 副知事 [ふくちじ]
(n) lieutenant governor [K] [D] [Jisho] - 探知 [たんち]
(n) detection [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.