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
识
shí
to know
Character
Example phrases
- 他自幼识字不多，却凭经验把生意做得很稳。 Tā zìyòu shízì bù duō, què píng jīngyàn bǎ shēngyì zuò de hěn wěn. He did not know many characters from childhood, yet he ran the business steadily through experience.
- 奶奶不识字，但是记性特别好。 Nǎinai bù shízì, dànshì jìxing tèbié hǎo. Grandma can't read, but her memory is exceptionally good.
- 我和他是十年前在一次旅行中相识的。 Wǒ hé tā shì shí nián qián zài yí cì lǚxíng zhōng xiāngshí de. He and I got to know each other ten years ago on a trip.
Related words
- 认识 rènshi to know (someone), to recognize
- 知识 zhīshi knowledge
- 常识 chángshí common sense
- 意识 yìshí awareness; consciousness
- 识别 shíbié to distinguish
- 标识 biāoshí sign; identifier; to identify
- 共识 gòngshí consensus
- 见多识广 jiànduōshíguǎng experienced and knowledgeable; worldly-wise
- 见识 jiànshi experience; knowledge; to experience
- 结识 jiéshí to get acquainted with
- 赏识 shǎngshí to appreciate; to recognise someone's worth
- 似曾相识 sìcéngxiāngshí to seem familiar; déjà vu