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Mythic Mandarin

知 (zhī): meaning and stroke order

知 (zhī) means to know, to be aware.

知

Simplified
知
Traditional
知 (same form)
Pinyin
zhī

Stroke order of 知

知

  • zhī to know; to be aware
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 知

  1. zhī
    • to know
    • to be aware

Radical and structure

知
Radical 矢 (Kangxi radical 111) · 8 strokes · 矢 on the left, 口 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 知

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).