知识

Character by character

• 知zhī8 strokesHSK 1know, perceive, comprehend
• 识shí7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 識recognize, understand, know

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 知识是什么？

  Zhī shi shì shén me

  What is knowledge?

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 知识. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 知道zhī dàoHSK 1

  to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhī dao]

• 认识rèn shiHSK 1

  to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition

• 通知tōng zhīHSK 2

  to notify; to inform; notice; notification

• 意识yì shíHSK 5

  consciousness; awareness; to be aware; to realize

• 不知bù zhīHSK 7

  not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)

• 得知dé zhīHSK 7

  to find out; to learn of

• 知名zhī míngHSK 6

  well-known; famous

• 告知gào zhīHSK 7

  to inform

• 见识jiàn shiHSK 7

  to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself; knowledge; experience; insight

• 识别shí biéHSK 7

  to distinguish; to discern; to identify; to recognize

• 共识gòng shíHSK 7

  common understanding; consensus

• 无知wú zhīHSK 7

  ignorant; ignorance

• 识shíHSK 6

  to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shì]

• 认知rèn zhīHSK 7

  cognition; cognitive; understanding; perception; awareness; to be cognizant of; to recognize; to realize

• 相识xiāng shíHSK 7

  to get to know each other; acquaintance

• 常识cháng shíHSK 4

  common sense; general knowledge

• 知觉zhī juéHSK 7

  perception; consciousness

• 众所周知zhòng suǒ zhōu zhīHSK 7

  as everyone knows (idiom)

• 不知不觉bù zhī bù juéHSK 7

  unconsciously; unwittingly

• 不为人知bù wéi rén zhīHSK 7

  not known to anyone; secret; unknown

• 一无所知yī wú suǒ zhīHSK 7

  not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant; without an inkling

• 知名度zhī míng dùHSK 7

  reputation; profile; familiarity in the public consciousness

• 结识jié shíHSK 7

  to get to know sb; to meet sb for the first time

• 知己zhī jǐHSK 7

  to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend