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Kotomora

識

discriminating, know, write

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · grade 5FrequencyTop 500Strokes19

Readings

On'yomi

  • シキ

Kun'yomi

  • し.る
  • しる.す

Nanori

  • さと
  • さとる

Meaning

識 centers on mentally distinguishing and recording information: knowing something through discernment, and writing it down as a record.

Most common words using 識

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  • 意識いしき
    N3

    consciousness

  • 知識ちしき
    N3

    knowledge; information

  • 認識にんしき
    N2

    recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition; cognizance; cognisance

  • 常識じょうしき
    N3

    common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice; social etiquette

  • 識別しきべつ
    N1

    distinction; discrimination; discernment; identification

  • 標識ひょうしき
    N2

    sign; mark; marker; beacon

  • 非常識ひじょうしき
    N3

    lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity

  • 有識者ゆうしきしゃ

    expert; knowledgeable person; authority (on a subject)

  • 良識りょうしき
    N1

    good sense

  • 面識めんしき

    acquaintance

  • 見識けんしき

    views; opinion; discernment

  • 美意識びいしき

    sense of beauty; aesthetic sense

  • 識者しきしゃ

    well-informed person; thinking person; intelligent person

  • 学識がくしき

    scholarship; scientific attainments

  • 知識人ちしきじん

    intellectual

  • 問題意識もんだいいしき

    awareness of the issues; (having a) critical mind; concerns

  • 常識的じょうしきてき

    ordinary; sensible; commonplace

  • 意識的いしきてき
    N3

    conscious; deliberate; intentional

  • 無意識むいしき
    N1

    unconsciousness

  • 光学式文字認識こうがくしきもじにんしき

    optical character recognition; OCR

  • 意識調査いしきちょうさ

    attitude survey; opinion poll

  • 豆知識まめちしき

    trivia; snippet of knowledge

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Etymology

識 combines 言 (speech, words) with 戠, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of marking or distinguishing. The character expresses knowing through verbal distinction and recording.

Meaning mnemonic

Words (言) are used to discriminate and record knowledge. Picture someone speaking while marking down what they know, distinguishing truth from falsehood.

Reading mnemonic

For シキ, imagine a scholar who can discriminate knowledge by organizing it into neat, chic categories: chic -> シキ, and the words (言) are written down with style.