The kanji 知: meaning, readings and stroke order

知

Meaning: know
On reading: チ chi
Kun reading: し（る） shiru
Strokes: 8
Radical: 矢 arrow
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: biết (tri)
Japanese: しる。
Korean: 알다 (지)
Chinese: 知道

Readings, words and example sentences

チ chi · on reading

知ち人じん
acquaintance
父の 知ち人じんに会いました。
I met someone my dad knows.

し（る） shiru · kun reading

知しる
to know
その話はよく 知しって います。
I know that story well.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.