to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shi4]

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is inspecting the new arrival at the entrance of the space station (Ø2). It's a big advertising column (讠) with a cuttlefish (只) on it, to broaden the space station's inhabitant's knowledge (识).
to record / to write a footnote

識 character breakdown

to gather / old variant of 埴[zhi2]
words / speech / to say / to talk

= + + : The horizontal lines look like sound waves that emerge from an opening: I'll resemble 言 by a megaphone.

= + + : Maud Younger rushes into anthill and in the kitchen she uses a megaphone to loudly announce that the world revolution will soon start. She also tells the people that she has berets for everyone so that everyone will be able to be in style for the revolution. However she doesn't tell that she prepared the berets in another way: to each beret, she attached a mandarin via two capacitors which forms a formidable antenna, so that after the revolution, she'll be able to transmit her speeches directly to the wearers' brains.

Characters with 識 as component

識 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 識

to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason
to lower oneself to sb's level / to argue with sb less well-informed
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison
don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship / no discord, no concord
total illiterate / unable to read the simplest characters
to fail to see the larger issue (idiom) / to fail to grasp the big picture
unable to tell good from bad (idiom) / undiscriminating
lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom) / fig. can't see the forest for the trees
fail to appreciate sb's kindness / not know how to appreciate favors
to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason
can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
1992 Consensus, statement issued after 1992 talks between PRC and Taiwan representatives, asserting that there is only one China

Sentences with 識

識 currently does not appear in any sentence.