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识

shí

HSK 1 Character Traditional 識

What 识 means

1. to know
2. knowledge
3. Taiwan pr. shì

Other readings

识 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhìto record; to write a footnote

Example sentences

• 他识字。
  Tā shízì.
  He can read.
• 我认识他。
  I know him.
• 她认识我。
  She knows me.
• 我认识她。
  I know her.
• 认识你很高兴
  Rènshi nǐ hěn gāoxìng
  Very happy to meet you.
• 好象是认识。
  Hǎoxiàng shì rènshi.
  Seems like we do know each other.

Words starting with 识

• 识别shí biéto distinguish; to discern; to identify; to recognize
• 识字shí zìto learn to read; able to read; literate
• 识破shí pòto penetrate; to see through
• 识相shí xiàngsensitive; tactful
• 识得shí deto know
• 识趣shí qùtactful; discreet
• 识货shí huòto know what's what
• 识力shí lìdiscernment; the ability to judge well
• 识度shí dùknowledge and experience
• 识数shí shùto know how to count and do sums; numerate; numeracy
• 识见shí jiànknowledge and experience
• 识别号shí bié hàoidentifier
• 识别证shí bié zhèngID badge (on a lanyard etc) (Tw)
• 识时务shí shí wùto have a clear view of things; to adapt to circumstances
• 识时通变shí shí tōng biànunderstanding and adaptable
• 识时达务shí shí dá wùunderstanding; to know what's up
• 识字率shí zì lǜliteracy rate
• 识才shí cáito recognize talent
• 识多才广shí duō cái guǎngknowledgeable and versatile
• 识文断字shí wén duàn zì(idiom) able to read; literate
• 识别码shí bié mǎidentifier
• 识破机关shí pò jī guānto see through a trick
• 识途老马shí tú lǎo mǎlit. an old horse knows the way home (idiom); fig. in difficulty, trust an experience…
• 识羞shí xiūto know shame; to feel shame (often with a negative, shameless)

Words containing 识

• 认识rèn shito know; to recognize; to be familiar with
• 知识zhī shiknowledge; intellectual
• 常识cháng shícommon sense; general knowledge
• 意识yì shíconsciousness; awareness; (usu. followed by 到
• 见多识广jiàn duō shí guǎng(idiom) experienced and knowledgeable
• 意识到yì shí dàoto be aware of; to realize
• 知识分子zhī shi fèn zǐintellectual; intelligentsia
• 相识xiāng shíto get to know each other; acquaintance
• 见识jiàn shito gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself; knowledge
• 共识gòng shícommon understanding; consensus
• 结识jié shíto get to know sb; to meet sb for the first time
• 意识形态yì shí xíng tàiideology
• 下意识xià yì shísubconscious mind
• 潜意识qián yì shíunconscious mind; subconscious mind; subconsciousness
• 有意识yǒu yì shíconscious
• 学识xué shíerudition; scholarly knowledge
• 赏识shǎng shíto appreciate; to recognize the worth of sth; appreciation
• 无意识wú yì shíunconscious; involuntary
• 似曾相识sì céng xiāng shídéjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)…
• 熟识shú shito be well acquainted with; to know well
• 知识面zhī shi miànbreadth of knowledge
• 素不相识sù bù xiāng shíto be total strangers (idiom)
• 知识界zhī shi jièintellectual circles; intelligentsia
• 知识青年zhī shi qīng niáneducated youth; young intellectual; (historical) urban youth with formal education who…

Characters built on 只

These share the phonetic component 只 (zhǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 织zhīto weave; to knit
• 职zhíoffice; duty
• 积jīto amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math) product (the result of multiplication)…
• 帜zhìflag
• 炽chìto burn; to blaze; splendid
• 咫zhǐ8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
• 枳zhǐ(orange); hedge thorn
• 轵zhǐend of axle outside of hub

Characters that look like 识

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 物wù(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…
• 妞niūgirl
• 诀juéto bid farewell; tricks of the trade; pithy mnemonic formula…
• 讷nèto speak slowly; inarticulate
• 纫rènto thread (a needle); (bound form) to sew; to stitch; (literary) very grateful
• 诛zhūto put (a criminal) to death; to punish

Sounds the same

Read shí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 时o'clock; time; when
• 十ten; 10
• 实real; true; honest
• 石rock; stone; stone inscription
• 食to eat; food; animal feed
• 蚀to nibble away at sth; to eat into; to erode
• 什ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc); assorted; miscellaneous
• 拾to pick up; to collate or arrange; ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 莳used in 莳萝
• 祏stone shrine
• 湜clear water; pure
• 炻stoneware