Chinese Character 知 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

知 meaning[3] in English

To Know.

To Be Aware.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are arrow (矢) , and mouth (口)

Its radical[1] is: (shi3) which means: Arrow, Dart, Straight, To Vow, To Swear, Old Variant Of 屎[Shi3], .shi3arrow

In cangjie it is written with OKR

How to write 知

To writezhi1to know you should write a combination of shi3arrow , kou3mouth arranged in a shape:

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知 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

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

Notes

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

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 知in English or Chinese