智

智 U+667A, 智
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 86600, composition ⿱知日)

References

  • KangXi: 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

simp. and trad.
智
alternative forms 知
𣉻
𥏼

Glyph origin

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) 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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi3
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)

  1. intellect
  2. knowledge
  3. wisdom

Readings

Compounds

Proper noun

智(さとし) • (Satoshi) 

  1. 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.

Japanese terms with 智 replaced by daiyōji 知

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. wisdom
  2. knowledge
  3. intelligence

Vietnamese

Han character

智: Hán Nôm readings: trí

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