知 Kanji – know
The Japanese kanji 知 can mean know, wisdom.
Meaning and Readings
How is 知 read?
知 has the onyomi reading チ and the kunyomi readings しる, しらせる.
In romaji, these readings can be written as chi, shiru, shiraseru.
Common Japanese Words Using 知
These common Japanese words contain 知. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- かも知れ ない（かもしれない） — may, might, perhaps, may be, possibly
- かも知れません（かもしれません） — may, might, perhaps, may be, possibly
- 恩知らず（おんしらず） — ungrateful
- 関知（かんち） — (one's) concern, having (something) to do with
- 計り知れない（はかりしれない） — unfathomable, inestimable, immeasurable
- 県知事（けんちじ） — prefectural governor
- 見知らぬ（みしらぬ） — strange, unfamiliar, unknown
- 告知（こくち） — notice, notification, announcement, disclosure, declaration
- 察知（さっち） — to sense, to infer, to gather, to pick up on, to get wind of, to perceive
- 周知（しゅうち） — common knowledge, being well-known, making (something) well-known