Chinese Character 智 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

智 meaning[3] in English

Wisdom.

Knowledge.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to know (知) , and abbr. for 日本[Ri4 … (日)

Its radical[1] is: (ri4) which means: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan, .ri4abbr. for …

In cangjie it is written with ORA

How to write 智

To writezhi4wisdom you should write a combination of zhi1to know , ri4abbr. for … arranged in a shape:

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智 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 智 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of , looks as follow:

Pinyin:zhi4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Wisdom . Knowledge

Pinyin:zhi1 Shape:
Meaning[3]: To Know . To Be Aware

Pinyin:shi3
Meaning[3]: Arrow . Dart . Straight . To Vow . To Swear . Old Variant Of 屎[Shi3]

𠂉
Pinyin:𠂉5 Shape:+

丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 智in English or Chinese