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Chinese Text Project
知
U+77E5
Seal script
Jinwen		𢇻
Semantic variant		𥎿
Semantic variant

Radical:矢+ 3 strokes = 8 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.49#5 Kangxi: p.824#01 Cihai: p.955r5c02 GSR: 863.a Hanyu: v4,p2581#02
Composition:Left: 矢, right: 口. Compositionally related: 𠱈 . Component of: 倁 𨔓 𢔊 𢛍 𢜔 𫪦 𢯙 𣶱 㲛 智 𣔇 𭹖 𦝔 椥 𠕧 𥇭 痴 䓡 聟 𮈚 [More]
Mandarin:zhī zhì ㄓ ㄓˋ
Cantonese:zi1 zi3
Tang reconstruction:*djiɛ
Shuowen:《矢部》知：詞也。从口从矢。
Guangyun:《廣韻·上平聲·支·知》知：覺也，欲也。陟離切，六。
Kangxi:《康熙字典·矢部·三》知：〔古文〕𢇻𥎿《唐韻》陟离切《集韻》《韻會》珍離切《正韻》珍而切，𠀤智平聲。《說文》詞也。从口从矢。《徐曰》知理之速，如矢之疾也。又《玉篇》識也，覺也。《增韻》喩也。《易·繫辭》百姓日用而不知。《書·臯陶謨》知人則哲，能官人。又漢有見知法。《史記·酷吏傳》趙禹與張湯論定諸律令，作見知法。《註》吏見知不舉劾爲故縱。又相交曰知。《左傳·昭四年》公孫明知叔孫于齊。《註》相親知也。又《昭二十八年》魏子曰：昔叔向適鄭，鬷蔑一言而善，執手遂如故知。《楚辭·九歌》樂莫樂兮新相知。又《爾雅·釋詁》匹也。《詩·檜風》樂子之無知。《註》匹也。又《廣韻》欲也。《禮·樂記》好惡無節於內，知誘於外。又猶記憶也。《論語》父母之年，不可不知也。又猶主也。《易·繫辭》乾知大始。《左傳·襄二十六年》公孫揮曰：子產其將知政矣。《魏了翁·讀書雜抄》後世官制上知字始此。又《揚子·方言》愈也。南楚病愈者，或謂之知。《黃帝素問》二刺則知。《註》上古以小便利腹中和爲知。又藥名。《日華志》預知子，取綴衣領上，遇有蠱毒，則聞其有聲。又地名。《左傳·昭二十七年》公徒敗于且知。又《集韻》《韻會》知義切。《正韻》知意切。𠀤與智同。《易·臨卦》知臨大君之宜。《荀子·修身篇》是是非非謂之知。又姓。《左傳》晉有知季，卽荀首也。別食知邑，又爲知氏。又《諡法》官人應實曰知。
Fanqie:陟離 (《廣韻·上平聲·支·知》)
Unihan definition:know, perceive, comprehend

CTP Dictionary


知
zhī ㄓ (1): 知道，懂得。 Know, understand.
《墨子·經上》:知，聞、說、親，名、實、合、為。
Zhi (know). By hearsay, by explanation, by personal experience. The name, the object, how to relate, how to act.
《論語·為政》:知之為知之，不知為不知，是知也。
When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.
《孟子·梁惠王上》:梁惠王曰：「晉國，天下莫強焉，叟之所知也。」
King Hui of Liang said, 'There was not in the nation a stronger State than Jin, as you, venerable Sir, know.'
《莊子·齊物論》:齧缺問乎王倪曰：「子知物之所同是乎？」
Nie Que asked Wang Ni, saying, 'Do you know, Sir, what all creatures agree in approving and affirming?'
《道德經》:天下皆知美之為美，斯惡已。
All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is.
《詩經·賓之初筵》:是曰既醉、不知其秩。
Thus when they have too mcuh, They lose all sense of orderliness.
zhī ㄓ (2): 知覺。 Perception.
《荀子·王制》:水火有氣而無生，草木有生而無知，禽獸有知而無義，人有氣、有生、有知，亦且有義，故最為天下貴也。
zhī ㄓ (3.1): 認識。 Recognize.
《春秋左傳》:韓厥曰，君知厥也乎？
zhī ㄓ (3.2): 知識。 Knowledge.
《論語·為政》:誨女知之乎？
Shall I teach you what knowledge is?
《道德經》:常使民無知無欲。
He constantly (tries to) keep them without knowledge and without desire.
《列子·湯問》:兩小兒笑曰：「孰為汝多知乎？」
zhī ㄓ (4): 了解。 Know about, make sense of.
《論語·學而》:人不知而不慍，不亦君子乎？
Is he not a man of complete virtue, who feels no discomposure though men may take no note of him?
《史記·宋微子世家》:君子聞之，曰：「宋宣公可謂知人矣，立其弟以成義，然卒其子復享之。」
《春秋左傳》:曰，先君舍與夷而立寡人，寡人弗敢忘，若以大夫之靈，得保首領以沒，先君若問與夷，其將何辭以對，請子奉之，以主社稷，寡人雖死，亦無悔焉，對曰，群臣願奉馮也，公曰，不可，先君以寡人為賢，使主社稷，若棄德不讓，是廢先君之舉也，豈曰能賢，光昭先君之令德，可不務乎，吾子其無廢先君之功，使公子馮出居於鄭，八月，庚辰，宋穆公卒，殤公即位，君子曰，宋宣公可謂知人矣，立穆公，其子饗之，命以義夫，商頌曰，殷受命咸宜，百祿是荷，其是之謂乎。
zhī ㄓ (5): 相知，交好。 Be friendly with.
zhī ㄓ (6): 主持，掌管。 Control, get on top of.
《呂氏春秋·長見》:申侯伯如鄭，阿鄭君之心，先為其所欲，三年而知鄭國之政也，五月而鄭人殺之。
zhì ㄓˋ (7): 智慧。後作「智」。 Wisdom.
《史記·五帝本紀》:其仁如天，其知如神。
His benevolence was like that of heaven, and his wisdom that of a god.
《大戴禮記·五帝德》:其仁如天，其知如神。
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