zhī

Radical: 矢 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

知 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 知

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 知.

不知
bù zhī
not to know
了知
liǎo zhī
先知
xiān zhī
prophet
全知
quán zhī
omniscient
公知
gōng zhī
受知
shòu zhī
recognized (for one's talents)
可知
kě zhī
evidently
同知
tóng zhī
government sub-prefect (old)
告知
gào zhī
to inform
周知
zhōu zhī
well known
哪知
nǎ zhī
who would have imagined?
已知
yǐ zhī
known (to science)

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