意 yì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
意识
yìshí
awareness; consciousness
Characters in this word
识 shí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 只 only, merely, just
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我意识到错了。 Wǒ yìshí dào cuò le. I realized I was wrong.
- 他有安全意识。 Tā yǒu ānquán yìshí. He has safety awareness.
- 意识很重要。 Yìshí hěn zhòngyào. Awareness is very important.