識 — knowledge, awareness, discriminate

しき識 knowledge

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 19 strokes

U+8B58 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #496 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #521 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

knowledge
awareness
discriminate
discern

Readings

On'yomi: しき shiki
Kun'yomi: し shi しる shiru

word

しき shiki On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

意(い) 識(しき) ishiki consciousness 知(ち) 識(しき) chishiki knowledge 常(じょう) 識(しき) joushiki common sense 無(む) 意(い) 識(しき) muishiki unconscious 識(しき) 別(べつ) shikibetsu identification 標(ひょう) 識(しき) hyoushiki sign 知(ち) 識(しき) 人(じん) chishikijin intellectual 有(ゆう) 識(しき) 者(しゃ) yuushikisha expert

Appears in idioms

潜在意識四字熟語

submerge exist, idea discriminating

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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