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Kanji Detail for 知 - "know, wisdom, understand"
知
- Meaning
知 means "know, wisdom, understand."
Know - To have knowledge of; to understand.
Wisdom - Deep understanding and insight.
Intelligence - The ability to learn and understand.
Realize - To become aware of; to perceive.
Inform - To tell; to make known.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
know; wisdom
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
know, perceive, comprehend
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to know; to be aware
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to know, to perceive, to comprehend
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Knowledge. The function by which people respond to affairs correctly and appropriately. All the heart's sensation, cognition, discrimination, judgment, speculation, and memory are called 知. | Being acquainted is called 知. Hence friends are called 知交. | To be in charge. The person in charge is called 知. In the old official system, 知府 (prefect) and 知縣 (county magistrate) all have this meaning. | To be recognized. Such as being recognized for one's skills is called 受知. | Same as 智. The 智 of wisdom in the classics and commentaries is often written as 知.
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Sentences including 知
I do not know how to drive a car.
Did you inform your teacher of this?
I don't know where my watch is.
Few know the truth of the matter.
It is the fact that i want to know.
Do you happen to know his name?
We thought that the message was true.
どうして僕が知っているんだ。
How should i know?
I know it well enough.
It won't be long before we know the truth.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
その中に知った人を一人ももたない私も、こういう賑やかな景色の中に裹まれて、砂の上に寝そべってみたり、膝頭を波に打たしてそこいらを跳ね廻るのは愉快であった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
特別の事情のない限り、私はついに先生を見逃したかも知れなかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
こういう感じを先生に対してもっていたものは、多くの人のうちであるいは私だけかも知れない。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
それだから尊いのかも知れないが、もし間違えて裏へ出たとしたら、どんな結果が二人の仲に落ちて来たろう。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
先生の元の同級生などで、その頃東京にいるものはほとんど二人か三人しかないという事も知っていた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
それが源因かどうかは疑問だが、私の興味は往来で出合う知りもしない女に向かって多く働くだけであった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
これは奥さんに特色がないというよりも、特色を示す機会が来なかったのだと解釈する方が正当かも知れない。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
それで始めて知り合いになった時の奥さんについては、ただ美しいという外に何の感じも残っていない。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私の精神は反抗の意味というよりも、世間が先生を知らないで平気でいるのが残念だったからである。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
「書生時代よ」「書生時代から先生を知っていらっしゃったんですか」奥さんは急に薄赤い顔をした」
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
だから奥さんがもし先生の書生時代を知っているとすれば、郷里の関係からでない事は明らかであった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha