# 智

| 智 | U+667A, &#26234; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-667A |
| ← 晹 [U+6679] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 晻 → [U+667B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

智 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人口日 (ORA), four-corner 8660$_0$, composition ⿱知日)

#### Derived characters

* 𫣠, 𡐻, 𡡧, 潪, 𨼓, 𮟎, 𪳲, 𥋒, 𧒊, 䠦, 𭧝, 𰖨, 䚐, 𭨔, 𫋰, 𣉻

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 497, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14010
* Dae Jaweon: page 863, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1518, character 15
* Unihan data for U+667A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 智 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 彘 | *l'eds |
| 璏 | *l'eds, *ɢʷleds, *ɢʷled |
| 薙 | *l̥ʰiːs, *ljiʔ, *l'iʔ |
| 知 | *ʔl'e |
| 蜘 | *te |
| 智 | *ʔl'es |
| 鼅 | *te |
| 潪 | *teɡs, *deɡ |
| 踟 | *de |
| 雉 | *l'iʔ |
| 矢 | *hliʔ |
| 痴 | *l̥ʰɯ |
Originally the same character as 知, used interchangeably. In oracle bone inscriptions, ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 大 (“adult”) + 口 (“mouth”) + 子 (“child”) – to transmit knowledge. In western Zhou bronze inscriptions, 甘 started being added. As time went by, 子 corrupted into 于, 大 into 矢 (OC *hliʔ), and 甘 into 白, giving rise to the form seen in the Shuowen Jiezi (𥏼). The component 于 was dropped around the Western Han, arriving at the modern form.
Now a Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔl'es): phonetic 知 (OC *ʔl'e) + semantic 日.

### Etymology

Exopassive of 知 (OC *ʔl'e, “to know”), literally “what is known > knowledge”.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhì (zhi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zi$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): zi$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chṳ
    (Hailu, HRS): zhi$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zi$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): dé
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): di$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tì
    (Teochew, Peng'im): di$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tsy; $^1$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/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ
*** Hakka Romanization System: zii
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zhi$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃi¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sz̩⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dé
*** Sinological IPA : /tɛi²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: di$^4$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: di̍
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tì
*** Tâi-lô: tì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ti²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ti⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ti¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: di$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tì
*** Sinological IPA : /ti²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tsy; $^1$tsy
*** MiniDict: tsy$^去$; tsy$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tsr; $^1$tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³⁴/, /t͡sz̩⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: trjeH
Rime :
| Character | 智 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (13) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 知義切 |
| Baxter | trjeH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈˠiᴇ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈᵚiɛ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶiɛ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈjiə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶje$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶǐe$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶie̯$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tre-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔl'es/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 智 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ trje$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*tre-s/ |
| English | knowledge |
| 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 | 智 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11497 |
| Phonetic component | 矢 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 智 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔl'es/ |

### Definitions

智
* wisdom; knowledge; intelligence
    智慧 ― zhìhuì ― wisdom
    智力 ― zhìlì ― intelligence
* wise; informed; intelligent; astute
* a surname

### Compounds

* 三智
* 上智 (shàngzhì)
* 三智五猜
* 不智 (bùzhì)
* 人工智慧 (réngōng zhìhuì)
* 人急智生
* 人窮智短 / 人穷智短
* 人貧智短 / 人贫智短
* 仁智互見 / 仁智互见
* 低智 (dīzhì)
* 做張做智 / 做张做智
* 停留長智 / 停留长智
* 元智大學 / 元智大学
* 利令智昏 (lìlìngzhìhūn)
* 囊底智
* 大智 (dàzhì)
* 大智如愚 (dàzhìrúyú)
* 大智度論 / 大智度论
* 大智若愚 (dàzhìruòyú)
* 失張失智 / 失张失智
* 常智
* 弱智 (ruòzhì)
* 心智 (xīnzhì)
* 急中生智 (jízhōngshēngzhì)
* 急智
* 情急智生
* 悲智
* 情緒智商 / 情绪智商
* 意智
* 慌張慌智 / 慌张慌智
* 慾令智昏 / 欲令智昏 (yùlìngzhìhūn)
* 成智
* 才微智淺 / 才微智浅
* 才智 (cáizhì)
* 挈瓶小智 (qièpíngxiǎozhì)
* 故智
* 啟智 / 启智
* 施謀用智 / 施谋用智
* 明智 (míngzhì)
* 明智之舉 / 明智之举
* 智人 (zhìrén)
* 智仁勇
* 智儼 / 智俨
* 智利 (Zhìlì)
* 智利硝石 (zhìlì xiāoshí)
* 智力 (zhìlì)
* 智力商數 / 智力商数
* 智力年齡 / 智力年龄
* 智力投資 / 智力投资
* 智力測驗 / 智力测验
* 智勇 (zhìyǒng)
* 智勇兼全 (zhìyǒng jiān quán)
* 智勇雙全 / 智勇双全 (zhìyǒngshuāngquán)
* 智取 (zhìqǔ)
* 智周
* 智商 (zhìshāng)
* 智器
* 智囊 (zhìnáng)
* 智囊團 / 智囊团 (zhìnángtuán)
* 智圓行方 / 智圆行方
* 智均力敵 / 智均力敌
* 智士 (zhìshì)
* 智多星 (zhìduōxīng)
* 智小言大
* 智小謀大 / 智小谋大
* 智巧 (zhìqiǎo)
* 智庫 / 智库 (zhìkù)
* 智性化
* 智慧 (zhìhuì)
* 智慮 / 智虑
* 智慧劍 / 智慧剑
* 智慧城 (Zhìhuìchéng)
* 智旭
* 智母
* 智永
* 智珠
* 智略 (zhìlüè)
* 智盡能索 / 智尽能索
* 智短
* 智禽
* 智算
* 智者 (zhìzhě)
* 智者不惑
* 智育 (zhìyù)
* 智能 (zhìnéng)
* 智能不足
* 智能權 / 智能权
* 智能犯罪
* 智能遲滯 / 智能迟滞
* 智術 / 智术 (zhìshù)
* 智調 / 智调
* 智謀 / 智谋 (zhìmóu)
* 智識 / 智识 (zhìshí)
* 智量
* 智防
* 智障 (zhìzhàng)
* 智顗 / 智𫖮
* 智齒 / 智齿 (zhìchǐ)
* 有張沒智 / 有张没智
* 材智高奇
* 梅智
* 機智 / 机智 (jīzhì)
* 殫智竭力 / 殚智竭力
* 民智 (mínzhì)
* 沒張智 / 没张智
* 沒意智 / 没意智
* 沒魂少智 / 没魂少智
* 河曲智叟
* 獐智
* 理智 (lǐzhì)
* 用智鋪謀 / 用智铺谋
* 百龍之智 / 百龙之智 (bǎilóngzhīzhì)
* 益智 (yìzhì)
* 益智圖 / 益智图
* 益智班
* 睿智 (ruìzhì)
* 矜己任智
* 矜智負能 / 矜智负能
* 神智 (shénzhì)
* 神智不清
* 竭智盡力 / 竭智尽力
* 竭智盡忠 / 竭智尽忠
* 絕聖棄智 / 绝圣弃智 (juéshèngqìzhì)
* 聰明才智 / 聪明才智 (cōngmíngcáizhì)
* 色智
* 英明睿智
* 襲人故智 / 袭人故智
* 見仁見智 / 见仁见智 (jiànrénjiànzhì)
* 見智見仁 / 见智见仁
* 計窮智短 / 计穷智短
* 誇才賣智 / 夸才卖智
* 誇能鬥智 / 夸能斗智
* 超智
* 足智多謀 / 足智多谋 (zúzhìduōmóu)
* 運智 / 运智
* 運智鋪謀 / 运智铺谋
* 金剛智 / 金刚智
* 飾智 / 饰智
* 鬥智 / 斗智 (dòuzhì)

### References

* “智”, 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
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* intellect
* knowledge
* wisdom

#### Readings

* Go-on: ち (chi)
* Kan-on: ち (chi)
* Nanori: あきら (akira)、さと (sato)、さとい (satoi)、さとし (satoshi)、さとる (satoru)、じ (ji)、とし (toshi)、とみ (tomi)、とも (tomo)、のり (nori)、ひと (hito)、もと (moto)、よも (yomo)

#### Compounds

* 叡智
* 機智
* 智慧
* 智能
* 智謀
* 無智
* 理智

### Pronunciation

* Kanji in this term
* 智
* さとし Jinmeiyō
* nanori
* (Tokyo) さとし [sáꜜtòshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [sa̠to̞ɕi]

### Proper noun

智(さとし) • (Satoshi)
* a male given name

#### Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 智 is mostly replaced by 知, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

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

### Hanja

Wikisource 智 • (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune–Reischauer chi, Yale ci)
* wisdom
* knowledge
* intelligence

## Vietnamese
### Han character

智: Hán Nôm readings: trí
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