Memory phrase for the character: 智

智

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Meaning wisdom, knowledge, intelligence

Pronunciation

zhì

Explanation

At top: to know 知 (The arrow 矢 has a target 口, which it knows.), below: sun 日

Mnemonic
 
Knowledge like a shining sun is true wisdom.

Radicals

知 to knowThe arrow 矢 knows the target 口
日 sun, dayThis radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
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 Vocabulary

智慧 zhì huì  wisdom; knowledge; intelligent; intelligence
智力 zhì lì  intelligence; intellect
睿智 ruì zhì  wise and farsighted
吃一堑，长一智 chī yī qiàn , cháng yī zhì  Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom). One only learns from one's mistakes.
吃一堑，长一智 chī yī qiàn , cháng yī zhì  

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