識 Kanji – discriminating
The Japanese kanji 識 can mean discriminating, know, write.
Meaning and Readings
How is 識 read?
識 has the onyomi reading シキ and the kunyomi readings しる, しるす.
In romaji, these readings can be written as shiki, shiru, shirusu.
Common Japanese Words Using 識
These common Japanese words contain 識. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 意識（いしき） — consciousness
- 学識（がくしき） — scholarship, scientific attainments
- 見識（けんしき） — views, opinion, discernment
- 識者（しきしゃ） — well-informed person, thinking person, intelligent person
- 識別（しきべつ） — distinction, discrimination, discernment, identification
- 常識（じょうしき） — common sense, good sense, common knowledge, general knowledge, common practice, accepted practice, social etiquette
- 知識（ちしき） — knowledge, information
- 認識（にんしき） — recognition, awareness, perception, understanding, knowledge, cognition, cognizance, cognisance
- 非常識（ひじょうしき） — lack of common sense, thoughtlessness, senselessness, irrationality, absurdity
- 標識（ひょうしき） — sign, mark, marker, beacon