识 — to know; knowledge
- Pinyin
- shí · zhì
- Strokes
- 7
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Handwriting
- recognition only
This character has more than one reading — shí, zhì — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.
How to write 识: 7 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 识 in the HSK syllabus: 18
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.
- 认识rènshito know; to recognize; to be familiar withHSK 1
- 知识zhīshiknowledge; intellectualHSK 4
- 常识chángshícommon sense; general knowledgeHSK 5
- 意识yìshíconsciousness; awareness; to be aware of; to realizeHSK 5
- 识shíto know; knowledgeHSK 6
- 识别shíbiéto distinguish; to discern; to identify; to recognizeHSK 6
- 标识biāoshíidentifying mark, sign, label etcHSK 7–9
- 共识gòngshícommon understanding; consensusHSK 7–9
- 见多识广jiànduō-shíguǎngexperienced and knowledgeableHSK 7–9
- 见识jiànshito gain first-hand knowledge of sthHSK 7–9
- 结识jiéshíto get to know sb; to meet sb for the first timeHSK 7–9
- 赏识shǎngshíto appreciate; to recognize the worth of sthHSK 7–9
- 似曾相识sìcéng-xiāngshídéjà vu; seemingly familiarHSK 7–9
- 素不相识sùbùxiāngshíto be total strangersHSK 7–9
- 下意识xiàyìshísubconscious mindHSK 7–9
- 相识xiāngshíto get to know each other; acquaintanceHSK 7–9
- 学识xuéshíerudition; scholarly knowledgeHSK 7–9
- 知识分子zhīshi fènzǐintellectual; intelligentsiaHSK 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.