IDENTITY
识shíto know; knowledge
HSK 1Top 400
CORE MEANING
to know; knowledge
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to knowHSK1
- 2.knowledgeHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 讠speech radical (yán)
- strokes
- 7
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰讠只
- speech radical
- gives the sound zhǐ → shí (historical)
USAGE
Common words
认识rènshito know (a person)
知识zhīshiknowledge
意识yìshiconsciousness
Graded examples
知识就是力量。Zhīshi jiù shì lìliang.HSK4
Knowledge is power.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 织
LEARNING
Memory aid
Words (讠) are only (只) as good as what you know.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #400
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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