zhī

Traditional: 知

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Translation

to know (bound morpheme in 知道, 通知)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 知

Examples

I don't know where he is.

jiǎ

The school informed us tomorrow is a holiday.

Do you know the answer?

You know a person's face but not their heart.

He corrects himself when he knows he is wrong.

知 (zhī) is a bound morpheme meaning to know. Modern speech almost always uses it inside compounds, most importantly 知道 (to know a fact) and 通知 (to notify).

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 知.

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This word is part of lesson 101.