# 識

| 識 | U+8B58, &#35672; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B58 |
| ← 譗 [U+8B57] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 譙 → [U+8B59] |
| 識 | U+F9FC, &#63996; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9FC |
| ← 炙 [U+F9FB] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 什 → [U+F9FD] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 識 |
| Simplified | 识 |
| Traditional | 識 |

### Han character

識 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 卜口卜戈日 (YRYIA), four-corner 0365$_0$, composition ⿰訁戠)

#### Derived characters

* 𧄹

#### Related characters

* 识 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1181, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35974
* Dae Jaweon: page 1644, character 28
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4019, character 16
* Unihan data for U+8B58
* Unihan data for U+F9FC

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 識 :
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 識 | *tjɯɡs, *hljɯɡ |
| 幟 | *tjɯɡs, *tʰjɯɡs, *hljɯɡs |
| 織 | *tjɯɡs, *tjɯɡ |
| 熾 | *tʰjɯɡs |
| 樴 | *dɯːɡ, *tjɯɡ |
| 職 | *tjɯɡ |
| 軄 | *tjɯɡ |
| 戠 | *tjɯɡ |
| 膱 | *tjɯɡ |
| 蟙 | *tjɯɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjɯɡs, *hljɯɡ): semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 戠 (OC *tjɯɡ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shí, shì
       (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ, ㄕˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): шы (šɨ, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sik$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): set$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sṳt
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sed$^5$
* Eastern Min (BUC): sék
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sek / siak / sit
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sêg$^4$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^7$seq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shí
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shíh
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^2$
*** Yale: shŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr
*** Palladius: ши (ši)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shì
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shìh
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^4$
*** Yale: shr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
*** Palladius: ши (ši)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: si$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: s
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: шы (šɨ, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sik$^1$
*** Yale: sīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪk̚⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: set$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /set̚⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt
*** Hakka Romanization System: siid$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sed$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /sət̚¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sék
*** Sinological IPA : /sɛiʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek
*** Tâi-lô: sik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: seg
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak
*** Tâi-lô: siak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit
*** Tâi-lô: sit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sid
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sêg$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sek
*** Sinological IPA : /sek̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^7$seq
*** MiniDict: seh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$seq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /səʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /səʔ⁴³/
* Middle Chinese: syik
Rime :
| Character | 識 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 職 (134) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 賞職切 |
| Baxter | syik |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕɨk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕɨk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕiek̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕik̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭək̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɕi̯ək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-tək/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hljɯɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 識 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shí |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ syik › |
| Old Chinese | /*s-tək/ |
| English | know |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 識 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 17258 |
| Phonetic component | 戠 |
| Rime group | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 識 |
| Old Chinese | /*hljɯɡ/ |

#### Definitions

識
* to know; to realise; to be aware
* (Cantonese, Hakka, dialectal Wu) to recognise; to be familiar with; to know (especially someone or how to do something)
       ngo$^5$ m$^4$ sik$^1$ pou$^2$ tung$^1$ waa$^{6-2}$. ngo$^5$ m$^4$ sik$^1$ gong$^2$ pou$^2$ tung$^1$ waa$^{6-2}$. [Jyutping]
       I don't know Mandarin. I don't know how to speak Mandarin.
       zung$^1$ gwok$^3$ jan$^4$ hou$^2$ sik$^1$ sik$^6$. zung$^1$ gwok$^3$ jan$^4$ hou$^2$ sik$^1$ zou$^6$ saang$^1$ ji$^3$. [Jyutping]
       Chinese people really know how to eat (to appreciate, to be discerning, to enjoy, to be skilled, to savor). Chinese are good at business.
* to appreciate; to recognise the worth of
* to distinguish; to discriminate
* knowledge; experience
* (Teochew) sharp; smart
* (Buddhism) mind; consciousness; vijnana
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bosom friend; acquaintance
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) thought; awareness
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 適 / 适 (“just now”)

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 認識 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 認識 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 認識 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 認識 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 識得, 識 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 識得, 識 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 識 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 識得, 識 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 識 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 識 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 識得 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 識, 識得 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 識 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 識 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 識 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 識 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 識 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 識 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 識 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 認得 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 捌, 捌傳 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 捌 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 捌 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 捌, 捌得 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 認得, 相熟 dated |
| Wu | Suzhou | 認得 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 認識 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 識 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 會 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 會 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 會 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 會 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 會 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 會 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 會 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 會 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 會, 曉得 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 會 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 會 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 會, 識, 識得, 曉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 識, 識得, 曉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 識 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 識 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 會, 識, 識領, 曉, 曉領 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 會, 識 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 識 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 識 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 識 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 會, 曉得 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 會, 識得, 曉, 曉得 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 曉得, 會 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 曉得, 會 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 曉得, 會 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 曉得, 曉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 曉得, 會 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 會, 會曉 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 曉 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 曉 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 曉 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 會 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 惡 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang (Huangkeng) | 解 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 會 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 會, 會曉 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 會, 會曉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 會, 會曉 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 會, 會曉 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 會, 會曉 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 會, 會曉 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 會, 會曉 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 會, 會曉 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 會, 會曉 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 會, 會曉 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 會 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 會 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 會 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 會曉 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 會曉 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 會曉 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 會, 會曉 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 會, 會曉 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 會 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 會曉 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 捌 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 捌 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 捌, 捌得 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 識 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 會, 曉得 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 會 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 會 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 會, 曉得 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 會, 曉得 |

#### Compounds

* 一丁不識 / 一丁不识
* 一字不識 / 一字不识
* 一般見識 / 一般见识 (yībānjiànshí)
* 一面之識 / 一面之识
* 下意識 / 下意识 (xiàyìshí)
* 不相識 / 不相识
* 不見識面 / 不见识面
* 不識 / 不识 (bùshí)
* 不識一丁 / 不识一丁
* 不識之無 / 不识之无 (bùshízhīwú)
* 不識事 / 不识事
* 不識大體 / 不识大体 (bùshídàtǐ)
* 不識好歹 / 不识好歹 (bùshíhǎodǎi)
* 不識局面 / 不识局面
* 不識抬舉 / 不识抬举 (bùshítáiju)
* 不識數 / 不识数
* 不識斤兩 / 不识斤两
* 不識時務 / 不识时务 (bùshíshìwù)
* 不識時變 / 不识时变
* 不識氣 / 不识气
* 不識泰山 / 不识泰山
* 不識相 / 不识相
* 不識竅 / 不识窍
* 不識羞恥 / 不识羞耻
* 不識起倒 / 不识起倒
* 不識進退 / 不识进退
* 不識閒 / 不识闲 (bùshíxián)
* 不識風色 / 不识风色
* 不識高低 / 不识高低
* 似曾相識 / 似曾相识 (sìcéngxiāngshí)
* 保識人 / 保识人
* 先識 / 先识
* 先識遠量 / 先识远量
* 八識 / 八识 (bāshí)
* 六識 / 六识
* 共識 / 共识 (gòngshí)
* 共識決 / 共识决
* 別識別見 / 别识别见
* 前意識 / 前意识 (qiányìshí)
* 卓識 / 卓识
* 博聞多識 / 博闻多识
* 博聞強識 / 博闻强识 (bówénqiángzhì)
* 博識 / 博识 (bóshí)
* 危機意識 / 危机意识
* 反眼不識 / 反眼不识
* 同類意識 / 同类意识
* 唯識 / 唯识
* 唯識宗 / 唯识宗
* 唯識論 / 唯识论
* 善知識 / 善知识 (shànzhīshí)
* 器識 / 器识 (qìshí)
* 團體意識 / 团体意识
* 增長見識 / 增长见识
* 女性意識 / 女性意识
* 好相識 / 好相识
* 姘識 / 姘识
* 學識 / 学识 (xuéshí)
* 小見識 / 小见识
* 少魂沒識 / 少魂没识
* 常識 / 常识 (chángshí)
* 常識哲學 / 常识哲学
* 幸獲識荊 / 幸获识荆
* 惡識 / 恶识
* 感性知識 / 感性知识
* 意識 / 意识 (yìshí)
* 意識型態 / 意识型态
* 意識形態 / 意识形态 (yìshí xíngtài)
* 意識歷程 / 意识历程
* 意識流 / 意识流 (yìshíliú)
* 意識障礙 / 意识障碍
* 憂患意識 / 忧患意识
* 成唯識論 / 成唯识论
* 戴頭識臉 / 戴头识脸
* 才蔽識淺 / 才蔽识浅
* 才識 / 才识 (cáishí)
* 指紋辨識 / 指纹辨识
* 搭識 / 搭识
* 教一識百 / 教一识百
* 智識 / 智识 (zhìshí)
* 有意識 / 有意识 (yǒuyìshí)
* 有膽有識 / 有胆有识
* 有見識 / 有见识
* 有識 / 有识 (yǒushí)
* 有識之士 / 有识之士 (yǒushízhīshì)
* 有魂沒識 / 有魂没识
* 未識一丁 / 未识一丁
* 標識 / 标识
* 款識 / 款识
* 民族意識 / 民族意识
* 沒個見識 / 没个见识
* 沒見識 / 没见识
* 淺見寡識 / 浅见寡识
* 淺見薄識 / 浅见薄识
* 淹識 / 淹识
* 淵識 / 渊识
* 深識遠慮 / 深识远虑
* 潛意識 / 潜意识
* 無意識 / 无意识 (wúyìshí)
* 熟識 / 熟识 (shúshí)
* 理性認識 / 理性认识
* 理識 / 理识
* 略識之無 / 略识之无
* 病識感 / 病识感 (bìngshígǎn)
* 目不識丁 / 目不识丁 (mùbùshídīng)
* 目不識字 / 目不识字
* 相識 / 相识 (xiāngshí)
* 省識 / 省识
* 瞻識 / 瞻识
* 知情識趣 / 知情识趣
* 知時識務 / 知时识务
* 知機識變 / 知机识变
* 知羞識廉 / 知羞识廉
* 知識 / 知识
* 知識分子 / 知识分子
* 知識工程 / 知识工程
* 知識產權 / 知识产权
* 知識經濟 / 知识经济
* 知識論 / 知识论
* 知識階級 / 知识阶级
* 知輕識重 / 知轻识重
* 知音識趣 / 知音识趣
* 知高識低 / 知高识低
* 短見薄識 / 短见薄识
* 社區意識 / 社区意识
* 社會意識 / 社会意识
* 神識 / 神识
* 萬法唯識 / 万法唯识
* 積理練識 / 积理练识
* 紇字不識 / 纥字不识
* 素不相識 / 素不相识 (sùbùxiāngshí)
* 素識 / 素识
* 結識 / 结识 (jiéshí)
* 老相識 / 老相识 (lǎoxiāngshí)
* 老馬識途 / 老马识途 (lǎomǎshítú)
* 膽識 / 胆识 (dǎnshí)
* 膽識俱優 / 胆识俱优
* 自動辨識 / 自动辨识
* 舊相識 / 旧相识
* 舊識新交 / 旧识新交
* 航路標識 / 航路标识
* 薄識 / 薄识
* 表識 / 表识
* 見多識廣 / 见多识广 (jiànduōshíguǎng)
* 見精識精 / 见精识精
* 見經識經 / 见经识经
* 見識 / 见识 (jiànshí)
* 見識淺短 / 见识浅短
* 認識 / 认识
* 認識論 / 认识论
* 謬識 / 谬识
* 識丁 / 识丁
* 識人好過識字 / 识人好过识字
* 識別 / 识别 (shíbié)
* 識別信號 / 识别信号
* 識別證 / 识别证
* 識多才廣 / 识多才广
* 識大體 / 识大体 (shídàtǐ)
* 識字 / 识字 (shízì)
* 識局 / 识局
* 識才尊賢 / 识才尊贤
* 識文斷字 / 识文断字 (shíwénduànzì)
* 識文談字 / 识文谈字
* 識時務 / 识时务 (shíshíwù)
* 識時通變 / 识时通变
* 識時達務 / 识时达务
* 識時達變 / 识时达变
* 識水性 / 识水性
* 識相 / 识相 (shíxiàng)
* 識破 / 识破 (shípò)
* 識禮知書 / 识礼知书
* 識荊 / 识荆
* 識見 / 识见 (shíjiàn)
* 識認 / 识认 (shírèn)
* 識貨 / 识货 (shíhuò)
* 識趣 / 识趣 (shíqù)
* 識途老馬 / 识途老马
* 識量弘恢 / 识量弘恢
* 識面 / 识面 (shímiàn)
* 識面臺官 / 识面台官
* 識韓 / 识韩
* 讀書識字 / 读书识字 (dúshū shízì)
* 賞識 / 赏识 (shǎngshí)
* 辨識 / 辨识 (biànshí)
* 通才練識 / 通才练识
* 通識 / 通识 (tōngshí)
* 通識教育 / 通识教育 (tōngshí jiàoyù)
* 通識科目 / 通识科目
* 達識 / 达识
* 遠見卓識 / 远见卓识 (yuǎnjiànzhuóshí)
* 鐘鼎款識 / 钟鼎款识
* 鑑識 / 鉴识 (jiànshí)
* 附識 / 附识
* 陰識 / 阴识
* 階級意識 / 阶级意识
* 陽識 / 阳识
* 題識 / 题识
* 高才卓識 / 高才卓识
* 高才遠識 / 高才远识
* 高明遠識 / 高明远识
* 高見遠識 / 高见远识
* 高識遠度 / 高识远度
* 高識遠見 / 高识远见
* 默識 / 默识

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhì (zhi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cé
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tsy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^4$
*** Yale: jr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
*** Palladius: чжи (čži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^3$
*** Yale: ji
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cé
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɛi²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tsy
*** MiniDict: tsy$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³⁴/
* Middle Chinese: tsyiH
Rime :
| Character | 識 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 職吏切 |
| Baxter | tsyiH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕɨ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕie$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiə$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭə$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tək-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯɡs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 識 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyi$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*tək-s/ |
| English | remember, commemorate |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 識 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 17244 |
| Phonetic component | 戠 |
| Rime group | 代 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 志 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjɯɡs/ |
| Notes | 戠轉註字 |

#### Definitions

識
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to put a mark
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to remember
    From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Fūzǐ yuē: “Xiǎozǐ zhì zhī, kēzhèng měng yú hǔ yě.” [Pinyin]
    The Master then said, "Remember this, my little children. Oppressive government is more terrible than tigers."
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) mark; sign
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) flag
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) raised words on an ancient bell or cauldron

#### Compounds

* 博聞強識 / 博闻强识 (bówénqiángzhì)
* 標識 / 标识
* 款識 / 款识
* 航路標識 / 航路标识
* 表識 / 表识
* 鐘鼎款識 / 钟鼎款识
* 附識 / 附识
* 陰識 / 阴识
* 陽識 / 阳识
* 題識 / 题识
* 默識 / 默识

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pat / bat
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bag$^4$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Philippines, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat
*** Tâi-lô: pat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pad
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang, Philippines): /pat̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kinmen, Singapore): /pat̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bat
*** Tâi-lô: bat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bad
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan): /bat̚³²/
*** IPA (Yilan): /bat̚²/
* Zhangzhou:
** pat - only “to know”.

#### Definitions

識
* (Southern Min) Alternative form of 捌 (“to know”)

### References

* “識”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 識 |
| Kyūjitai | 識󠄂 識+&#xE0102; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
* discriminating
* know
* write

#### Readings

From Middle Chinese 識 (MC syik); compare Mandarin 識 / 识 (shí):
* Go-on: しき (shiki, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: しょく (shoku)
From Middle Chinese 識 (MC tsyiH); compare Mandarin 識 / 识 (zhì):
* Go-on: し (shi)
* Kan-on: し (shi)
From native Japanese roots:
* Kun: しる (shiru, 識る)、しるし (shirushi, 識)、しるす (shirusu, 識す)
* Nanori: さと (sato)、つね (tsune)、のり (nori)

### References

* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1995 (paper), page 1049 (digital)
* ↑ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1139 (paper), page 582 (digital)

## Korean
### Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 識 (MC syik).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | Recorded as Middle Korean 식〮 (Yale: sík) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. | Recorded as Middle Korean 식〮 (Yale: sík) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. |
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 알 식 | Recorded as Middle Korean 식 (sik) (Yale: sik) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576. |

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɕʰik̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [식]

#### Hanja

Wikisource 識 (eumhun 알 식 (al sik))
* hanja form of 식 (“knowing”)

#### Compounds

* 감식 (鑑識, gamsik)
* 견식 (見識, gyeonsik)
* 면식 (面識, myeonsik)
* 무식 (無識, musik)
* 상식 (常識, sangsik)
* 식견 (識見, sikgyeon)
* 식량 (識量, singnyang)
* 식별 (識別, sikbyeol)
* 식자 (識者, sikja)
* 안식 (眼識, ansik)
* 유식 (有識, yusik)
* 의식 (意識, uisik)
* 인식 (認識, insik)
* 지식 (知識, jisik)
* 학식 (學識, haksik)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 識 (MC tsyiH).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | Recorded as Middle Korean 징〮 (Yale: cí$^?$) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. | Recorded as Middle Korean 징〮 (Yale: cí$^?$) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. |
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | ᄉᆡᆼ각 지 | Recorded as Middle Korean 지 (ci) (Yale: ci) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576. |
| ↑ 去聲 |||

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕi]
* Phonetic hangul: [지]

#### Hanja

識 (eumhun 적을 지 (jeogeul ji))
* hanja form of 지 (“writing; mark”)

#### Compounds

* 관지 (款識, gwanji)
* 기지 (記識, giji)
* 묵지 (默識, mukji)
* 표지 (標識, pyoji)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

識: Hán Nôm readings: thức
* chữ Hán form of thức (“consciousness”).