识

shí

to know

knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shi4]

speech (讠) + sound only (只) = to know; knowledge

The speech radical anchors the idea that knowledge is built through words — naming and describing things is how we come to know them. 只 contributes the sound zhī/shí rather than meaning.

讠+只→识
只OnlyPhonetic
讠SpeechSemantic

他从小就有丰富的知识。

tā cóng xiǎo jiù yǒu fēng fù de zhī shí。

he has had rich knowledge since he was young.

多读书可以增长见识。

duō dú shū kě yǐ zēng zhǎng jiàn shí。

reading more books can broaden one's knowledge and experience.

Words with 识

辨识

biàn shí

identification

识货

shí huò

to know what's what

世界知识产权组织

shì jiè zhī shí chǎn quán zǔ zhī

World Intellectual Property Organization

见多识广

jiàn duō shí guǎng

(idiom) experienced and knowledgeable

知识青年

zhī shi qīng nián

educated youth; young intellectual

认识论

rèn shi lùn

epistemology (in philosophy, the theory of how we know things)

通识培训

tōng shí péi xùn

general culture

通识教育

tōng shí jiào yù

general education

通识课程

tōng shí kè chéng

general course

通识

tōng shí

general knowledge

道德认识

dào dé rèn shi

moral cognition

远见卓识

yuǎn jiàn zhuó shí

visionary and sagacious (idiom)

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