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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

205 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: know, wisdom

Kunyomi: し.る, し.らせる

Onyomi: チ

Composition: 矢 口

知

Radical

Radical: 矢

Reading: やへん

Meaning: arrow

Strokes: 5

Reading: やへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

承知する(しょうちする)   consent

通知する(つうちする)   notify by letter

知識(ちしき)   knowledge

知恵(ちえ)   wisdom

知性(ちせい)   intelligence

知的な(ちてきな)   intellectual

知人(ちじん)   acquaintance

知る(しる)   know

知らせる(しらせる)   notify

知り合い(しりあい)   acquaintance

Onyomi Examples

知 (チ) wisdom, jnana (higher knowledge)

知恵 (チエ) wisdom, wit, sagacity, sense, intelligence, prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

認知 (ニンチ) acknowledgement, acknowledgment, recognition, cognition

熟知 (ジュクチ) being familiar with, having a thorough knowledge of, being well-informed about

Kunyomi Examples

知る (しる) to know, to be aware (of), to be conscious (of), to learn (of), to find out, to discover, to sense, to feel, to notice, to realize, to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to appreciate, to remember, to be familiar with, to be acquainted with, to experience, to go through, to know (e.g. hardship), to get acquainted with (a person), to get to know, to have to do with, to be concerned with, to be one's concern, to be one's responsibility

知るか (しるか) I don't care, how should I know?, who cares?

吾唯足知 (われただたるをしる) I am content with what I am (have), rich is the person who is content with what he is

知らせる (しらせる) to notify, to advise, to inform

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