知 — to know; to be aware
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 8
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Handwriting
- recognition only
How to write 知: 8 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.
Words with 知 in the HSK syllabus: 22
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 知道zhīdàoto know; to become aware ofHSK 1
- 通知tōngzhīto notify; to inform; notice; notificationHSK 4
- 知识zhīshiknowledge; intellectualHSK 4
- 知名zhīmíngwell-known; famousHSK 5
- 得知dézhīto find out; to learn ofHSK 6
- 认知rènzhīcognition; cognitive; understanding; perceptionHSK 6
- 众所周知zhòngsuǒzhōuzhīas everyone knowsHSK 6
- 不得而知bùdé’érzhīunknown; unable to find outHSK 7–9
- 不知不觉bùzhī-bùjuéunconsciously; unwittinglyHSK 7–9
- 不知所措bùzhī-suǒcuònot knowing what to do; at one's wits' endHSK 7–9
- 告知gàozhīto inform; to notifyHSK 7–9
- 可想而知kěxiǎng’érzhīgoes without saying; can well be imaginedHSK 7–9
- 未知数wèizhīshùunknown number; an unknown; an uncertaintyHSK 7–9
- 无知wúzhīignorant; ignoranceHSK 7–9
- 鲜为人知xiǎnwéirénzhīrarely known to anyone; almost unknownHSK 7–9
- 须知xūzhīkey information; instructionsHSK 7–9
- 一无所知yìwúsuǒzhīnot knowing anything at all; completely ignorantHSK 7–9
- 知己zhījǐto know oneself; to be intimate or closeHSK 7–9
- 知觉zhījuéperception; consciousnessHSK 7–9
- 知识分子zhīshi fènzǐintellectual; intelligentsiaHSK 7–9
- 知足zhīzúcontent with one's situation; to know contentmentHSK 7–9
- 知足常乐zhīzú-chánglèsatisfied with what one hasHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.