noun
acquaintanceship; knowing someone
Refers to the state of being acquainted with someone, often used in formal or written contexts.
彼とは一面の識がある。
I have a passing acquaintance with him.
noun
vijnana; consciousness (Buddhism)
Buddhist term for consciousness or discernment, one of the five skandhas.
仏教では、識は五蘊の一つとされる。
In Buddhism, vijnana is considered one of the five aggregates.
noun
written by ...
Used after a signature to indicate the writer, similar to 'written by' in English. Rare and formal.
署名の後に「識」と記すことがある。
Sometimes '識' is written after a signature to mean 'written by'.
知識 means 'knowledge' in general, while 識 refers specifically to acquaintanceship or Buddhist consciousness.
意識 is the common word for 'consciousness' or 'awareness', whereas 識 is a technical Buddhist term.
From Middle Chinese 識 (syik). The kanji 識 combines 言 (speech) and 戠 (a phonetic component), originally meaning 'to know' or 'to distinguish'.