# 識字
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shízì, shìzì
       (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄗˋ, ㄕˋ ㄗˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si$^2$ zi$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): шызы (šɨzɨ, I-III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sik$^1$ zi$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): set$^2$ du$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳt-sṳ
* Jin (Wiktionary): seh$^5$ zi$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sek-lī / siak-lī / sit-jī / sek-jī / sek-chū
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shízì
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄗˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shíhzìh
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^2$-tzŭ$^4$
*** Yale: shŕ-dz̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrtzyh
*** Palladius: шицзы (šiczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$十字 識字／识字
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shìzì
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄗˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shìhzìh
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^4$-tzŭ$^4$
*** Yale: shr̀-dz̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtzyh
*** Palladius: шицзы (šiczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: si$^2$ zi$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sz
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩²¹ t͡sz̩²¹³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: шызы (šɨzɨ, I-III)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩²⁴ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sik$^1$ zi$^6$
*** Yale: sīk jih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sik$^7$ dzi$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xig$^1$ ji$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪk̚⁵ t͡siː²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: set$^2$ du$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /set̚⁵⁵ tu³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt-sṳ
*** Hakka Romanization System: siid$^ˋ$ sii
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sid$^5$ si$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚² sɨ⁵⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: seh$^5$ zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /səʔ⁵⁴⁻² t͡sz̩⁴⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-lī
*** Tâi-lô: sik-lī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sekli
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ li²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-lī
*** Tâi-lô: siak-lī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siakli
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ li⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-jī
*** Tâi-lô: sit-jī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sitji
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zi²²/
** (Hokkien: Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-jī
*** Tâi-lô: sik-jī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sekji
*** IPA (Penang): /sek̚³⁻⁴ d͡zi²¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-chū
*** Tâi-lô: sik-tsū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sekzu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡su²²/
* Middle Chinese: syik dziH
Rime :
| Character | 識 | 字 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 職 (134) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 賞職切 | 疾置切 |
| Baxter | syik | dziH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕɨk̚/ | /d͡zɨ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕɨk̚/ | /d͡zɨ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕiek̚/ | /d͡zie$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕik̚/ | /d͡zɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiək̚/ | /d͡ziə$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭək̚/ | /d͡zĭə$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɕi̯ək̚/ | /d͡zʱi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shi | zì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sik$^1$ | zi$^6$ |

### Verb

識字
* to learn to read
* to know how to read; to be literate
       Tā shì ge bù shízì de nóngmín. [Pinyin]
       He is an illiterate peasant.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 識字 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 識字 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 識字 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 捌字 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 捌字 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 捌字 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 捌字 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 捌字 |

#### Derived terms

* 人生識字憂患始／人生识字忧患始 (rénshēng shízì yōuhuàn shǐ)
* 目不識字／目不识字
* 識字率／识字率 (shízìlǜ)
* 識字班／识字班
* 識字知書／识字知书
* 讀書識字／读书识字 (dúshū shízì)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 識(しき)字(じ) (shikiji)
* → Korean: 식자(識字) (sikja)

#### See also

* 認字／认字 (rènzì)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 識 | 字 |
| しき Grade: 5 | じ Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

識(しき)字(じ) • (shikiji)
* literacy (ability to read and write)

#### Antonyms

* 非(ひ)識(しき)字(じ) (hishikiji, “illiteracy”)
* 文盲(もんもう) (monmō, “illiterate, illiteracy”)

#### Derived terms

* 識(しき)字(じ)率(りつ) (shikijiritsu, “literacy rate”)
* 非(ひ)識(しき)字(じ) (hishikiji, “illiteracy”)

### See also

* リテラシー (riterashī, “literacy: understanding of something”)