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智

智

Translingual

Han character

智 (radical 72 日+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人口日 (ORA), four-corner 86600, composition ⿱知日)

References

  • KangXi: page 497, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14010
  • Dae Jaweon: page 863, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1518, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+667A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 智
alt. forms 知
𥏼

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, 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

Rime
Character 智
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 知 (9)
Final (韻) 支 (13)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 知義切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʈˠiᴇH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈᵚiɛH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȶiɛH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈjiə̆H/
Li
Rong		 /ȶjeH/
Wang
Li		 /ȶǐeH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȶie̯H/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhì
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 智
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zhì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ trjeH ›
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

  1. wisdom; knowledge; intelligence
    智慧  ―  zhìhuì  ―  wisdom
    智力  ―  zhìlì  ―  intelligence
  2. wise; informed; intelligent; astute
  3. A surname​.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

智

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Compounds

Proper noun

智 ‎(hiragana さとし, romaji Satoshi)

  1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

智 • ‎(ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune-Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

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Vietnamese

Han character

智 (trí)

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