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智
JLPT N1 12 strokes Frequency: #1002

Meanings

Wisdom, Intellect, Reason

Radicals

日

Decomposition

⿱知日

Etymology

Ideographic: Known 知 clearly 日; 知 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left
2 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
3 horizontal bottom-to-top
4 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
5 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
6 vertical right-to-left
7 corner right-to-left
8 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
9 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
10 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
11 horizontal bottom-to-top
12 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
チ chi
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

22 words total
Other (20 words)
上智 じょうち

supreme wisdom

仁義礼智信 じんぎれいちしん

the five Confucian virtues (benevolence, justice, courtesy, wisdom, and sincerity)

仁智 じんち

benevolence and wisdom

智日 ちにち

Chile and Japan

智を磨く ちをみがく

to cultivate wisdom

益智 やくち

bitter seeded cardamon

大円鏡智 だいえんきょうち

adarsa-jnana (great-perfect-mirror wisdom, wisdom clearly elucidating all things)

五智如来 ごちにょらい

five dhyani buddhas

智山派 ちさんは

Chisan sect (of Shingi Shingon Buddhism)

仏智 ぶっち

omniscience (of a buddha)

智水 ちすい

purifying wisdom of a buddha

明智 めいち

sagacity

神智学 しんちがく

theosophy

多智 たち

great wisdom

智天使 ちてんし

cherubim

早慶上智 そうけいじょうち

Waseda University, Keio University and Sophia University (three highly selective private universities in Tokyo)

人智学 じんちがく

anthroposophy

種智院大学 しゅちいんだいがく

Shuchiin College

上智大学 じょうちだいがく

Sophia University

綜芸種智院 しゅげいしゅちいん

Shugei Shuchiin School (ca 829CE)

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