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智

wisdom
Stroke count: 12

Readings

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Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. wisdomRtK
    智子は友人に彼女のパーティーに来てくれるよう頼んだ。Tomoko asked her friends to come to her party.tatoeba
    智子はイソイソと出掛けていった。Tomoko bounced happily out the door.tatoeba
  2. intellect
  3. reason
  1. jnana (higher knowledge)

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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know · dart · drop (丶) · heavens · mouth (口) · sun (日) · day (日) · tongue wagging

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1309

Compound words

叡智えいち
wisdom
上智じょうち
supreme wisdom
仁智じんち
benevolence and wisdom
世智せち
worldly wisdom
智覚ちかく
perception
智恵ちえ
wisdom
智慧ちえ
wisdom
智利チリ
Chile
奸智かんち
cunning
佞智ねいち
craftiness
狡智こうち
craft
猾智かっち
cunning
睿智えいち
wisdom
浅智慧あさぢえ
shallow thinking
善智識ぜんちしき
friend who guides one to Buddhism through teaching
遅智慧おそぢえ
delayed mental development
入智慧いれぢえ
putting an idea into someone's head
世智辛いせちがらい
tough (world)
全智全能ぜんちぜんのう
omniscience and omnipotence
入れ智慧いれぢえ
putting an idea into someone's head
無智蒙昧むちもうまい
unenlightened
奸佞邪智かんねいじゃち
wiles and cunning
軻遇突智かぐつち
Kagutsuchi
仁義礼智信じんぎれいちしん
the five Confucian virtues (benevolence, justice, courtesy, wisdom, and sincerity)

Additional Examples

智子が貸してくれた漫画の本は少しも面白くなかった。
The comic book that Tomoko lent me was not at all interesting.tatoeba
もしもし、日本から来た佐藤智子です。
Hello, I'm Tomoko Sato from Japan.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 智

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