Onyomi: シキ · Kunyomi: し.る, しる.す · Meanings: discriminating, know, write
Kanji for discriminating, know, write
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識 is formed from 言, meaning “speech” or “words,” and 戠, which relates to marking or recognizing something clearly. Through words and language, people identify, label, and distinguish ideas. Being able to mark something correctly using speech leads to understanding and recognition. From this image, 識 came to mean to know, recognize, or have knowledge.
識 shows using words to clearly recognize and understand something.
Imagine speaking the correct words to identify something instantly. That clear recognition is 識.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 識 | しき | acquaintanceship | Noun |
| 知る | しる | to know, to be aware (of), to be conscious (of), to learn (of), to find out, to discover | common JLPT-N5 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb |
| 記す | しるす | to write down, to note down, to jot down, to take a note of | common JLPT-N1 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 識別 | しきべつ | distinction, discrimination, discernment, identification | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 識字率 | しきじりつ | literacy rate | Noun |
| 識別名 | しきべつめい | identifier | Noun |
| 識者 | しきしゃ | well-informed person, thinking person, intelligent person | common Noun |
| 識見 | しきけん | views, opinion, discernment, pride, self-respect, insight | Noun |
| 識別子 | しきべつし | identifier | Noun |
| 式神 | しきがみ | shikigami, spirit used by onmyōji sorcerers | Noun |