識字

See also: 识字

Chinese

		to record; write a footnote; to know to record; write a footnote; to know; knowledge	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (識字)		識	字
simp. (识字)		识	字
Literally: “to know characters”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shízì, shìzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄗˋ, ㄕˋ ㄗˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si² zi⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): шызы (šɨzɨ, I-III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sik¹ zi⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): set² du⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳt-sṳ
• Jin (Wiktionary): seh⁵ zi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siak-lī / sek-lī / sit-jī / sek-lī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shízì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhzìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrtzyh
    • Palladius: шицзы (šiczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhzìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtzyh
    • Palladius: шицзы (šiczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: si² zi⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sz
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹ t͡sz̩²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: шызы (šɨzɨ, I-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²⁴ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ zi⁶
    • Yale: sīk jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ t͡siː²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: set² du⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /set̚⁵⁵ tu³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: siid` sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁵ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚² sɨ⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: seh⁵ zi³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /səʔ⁵⁴⁻² t͡sz̩⁴⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-lī
    • Tâi-lô: siak-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siakli
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ li⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-lī
    • Tâi-lô: sik-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekli
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ li²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-jī
    • Tâi-lô: sit-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sitji
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zi²²/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-lī
    • Tâi-lô: sik-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekli
    • IPA (Penang): /sek̚³⁻⁴ li²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: syik dziH

Rime
Character	識	字
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	蒸 (134)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	賞職切	疾置切
Baxter	syik	dziH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨk̚/	/d͡zɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕɨk̚/	/d͡zɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiek̚/	/d͡zieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕik̚/	/d͡zɨH/
Li Rong	/ɕiək̚/	/d͡ziəH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭək̚/	/d͡zĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ək̚/	/d͡zʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shi	zì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik1	zi6

Verb

識字

1. to learn to read
2. to know how to read; to be literate

   他是個不識字的農民。 [MSC, trad.]
   他是个不识字的农民。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā shì ge bù shízì de nóngmín. [Pinyin]

   He is an illiterate peasant.

Derived terms

• 人生識字憂患始／人生识字忧患始 (rénshēng shízì yōuhuàn shǐ)
• 目不識字／目不识字
• 識字率／识字率 (shízìlǜ)
• 識字班／识字班
• 識字知書／识字知书
• 讀書識字／读书识字 (dúshū shízì)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (識字):

• → Japanese: 識(しき)字(じ) (shikiji)
• → Korean: 식자(識字) (sikja)

See also

• 認字／认字 (rènzì)
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 捌字 (bat-jī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
識	字
しき Grade: 5	じ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

識(しき)字(じ) • (shikiji) 

1. literacy (ability to read and write)

Antonyms

• 非(ひ)識(しき)字(じ) (hishikiji, “illiteracy”)
• 文盲(もんもう) (monmō, “illiterate, illiteracy”)

Derived terms

• 識(しき)字(じ)率(りつ) (shikijiritsu, “literacy rate”)
• 非(ひ)識(しき)字(じ) (hishikiji, “illiteracy”)

See also

• リテラシー (riterashī, “literacy: understanding of something”)