知

zhī

to know

to be aware

arrow (矢) + mouth (口) = to know

口 grounds the meaning in speech — knowledge expressed through the mouth. 矢 mainly provides the zhī sound; the speaking mouth carries the semantic weight.

矢+口→知
口MouthSemantic
矢ArrowPhonetic

你知道他住在哪里吗?

nǐ zhī dào tā zhù zài nǎ lǐ ma?

Do you know where he lives?

我早就知道这件事了。

wǒ zǎo jiù zhī dào zhè jiàn shì le。

I have known about this matter for a long time already。

Words with 知

爱知县

ài zhī xiàn

Aichi prefecture, central Japan

世界知识产权组织

shì jiè zhī shí chǎn quán zǔ zhī

World Intellectual Property Organization

殊不知

shū bù zhī

little imagined

知县

zhī xiàn

county head magistrate (old)

不得而知

bù dé ér zhī

unknown

知名

zhī míng

well-known; famous

恬不知耻

tián bù zhī chǐ

to have no sense of shame

不可知论

bù kě zhī lùn

agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable

知识青年

zhī shi qīng nián

educated youth; young intellectual

尽人皆知

jìn rén jiē zhī

known by everyone (idiom); well known

知情

zhī qíng

to know the facts

不知疲倦

bù zhī pí juàn

untiring

More characters with 矢

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