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識

discriminating
Stroke count: 19

Readings

On readingシキ
Kun readingし.る、しる.す
JōyōGrade 5KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. discriminatingRtK
    彼は非常識だ。He lacks common sense.tatoeba
    彼は彼女の容態がどんなに悪いか認識するようきっぱりと言った。He told her firmly to realize how serious her condition was.tatoeba
  2. know
    彼は非常に知識のある人、すなわち生き字引である。He is a man of great knowledge, that is to say, a walking dictionary.tatoeba
  3. write
  1. well-informed person
  2. thinking person
  3. intelligent person

Popular Usage

意識常識

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · kazoo · sound · vase · stand up (立) · sun (日) · day (日) · fiesta

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 521

Compound words

意識いしき
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; sense; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
常識じょうしき
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice
認識するにんしきする
to recognize
意識するいしきする
to be conscious of
学識がくしき
scholarship; scientific attainments
見識けんしき
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
識者しきしゃ
well-informed person; thinking person; intelligent person
識別しきべつ
distinction; discrimination; discernment; identification
知識ちしき
knowledge; information
認識にんしき
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge
標識ひょうしき
sign; mark; marker; beacon; marker
良識りょうしき
good sense
面識めんしき
acquaintance
非常識ひじょうしき
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
無意識むいしき
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; automatic; mechanical
有識者ゆうしきしゃ
expert; knowledgeable person; authority (on a subject)
美意識びいしき
sense of beauty; aesthetic sense
意識的いしきてき
conscious; deliberate; intentional
常識的じょうしきてき
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
知識人ちしきじん
intellectual
豆知識まめちしき
trivia; snippet of knowledge
問題意識もんだいいしき
awareness of the issues; (having a) critical mind; concerns
意識調査いしきちょうさ
attitude survey; opinion poll
光学式文字認識こうがくしきもじにんしき
optical character recognition; OCR

Additional Examples

彼は彼女の存在を意識した。
He was conscious of her presence.tatoeba

Stroke Order

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Practice Writing

Practice Writing 識

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step