Mandarin Banana

知

to know / to be aware | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 知

Francis Bacon and George Washington are playing darts in front of the space station. Because they lack a dart board they just use a mandarin. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 1 year ago | add a painting

Francis Bacon is attributed to have stated "scientia potentia est", "knowledge is power". I'll thus represent 知 by Francis Bacon. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 1 year ago | add a painting

知
=
口
+
矢

口

kou3 =
k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 口

口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is watching a mouth-watering mandarin in the Louvre (-ou3). - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 3 years ago

Image by Matthias,
over 2 years ago

知
=
口
+
矢

矢

shi3 =
sh + Ø3

arrow / dart / straight / to vow / to swear / old variant of 屎[shi3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 矢

Sherlock Holmes and the robot are playing darts in the space station. Sherlock Holmes is a sore loser and thus programmed the robot to throw keys instead of real darts. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 1 year ago | add a painting

矢
=
𠂉
+
大

𠂉

xx5	Character component without inherent meaning \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 𠂉 This one looks like a key. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years ago \| add a painting

矢
=
𠂉
+
大

大

dai4 =
d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 大

da4 =
d + a4

big / huge / large / major / great / wide / deep / older (than) / oldest / eldest / greatly / very much / (dialect) father / father's elder or younger brother | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 大

The big, huge robot is doing some workout in the Adziogol Lighthouse's bathroom. He's lifting a flute, on which Don Quixote and Neanderthal man are hanging. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 2 years ago

大
=
一
+
人

一

yi1 =
y + Ø1

one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 一

Maud Younger (y) plays her flute (一) in front of the space station (Ø1). - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

Image by Matthias,
over 2 years ago

大
=
一
+
人

人

ren2 =
r + (e)n2

man / person / people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 人

Robinson Crusoe (r-) has just entered the Forbidden City (-en2), when he suddenly meets Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏). - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 3 years ago

Image by Matthias,
over 2 years ago

人
=
丿
+
㇏

丿

pie3 =
pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丿

Pocahontas (pi-) is watching a giant banana (丿) inside the Erectheion (-e3). - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 3 years ago

Image by Matthias,
over 2 years ago

人
=
丿
+
㇏

㇏

xx5	character component without inherent meaning / see 捺 \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of ㇏ It's a finger! - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 2 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 2 years ago

Stroke order

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知 appears as component in

智痴蜘踟椥鼅

知 has no simplified variant.

HSK level: 2

Pronunciation: Gorodish elements and their mnemonics (what's this?)

zh	George Washington - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, almost 2 years ago
Ø1	"Ø1" is happening in front of the space station. - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, almost 3 years ago

Words with 知

知 zhi1 道 dao4		to know / to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1 dao5] (HSK level 2)
知 zhi1 识 shi5		intellectual / knowledge-related / knowledge / CL:門\|门[men2] (HSK level 4)
通 tong1 知 zhi1		to notify / to inform / notice / notification / CL:個\|个[ge4] (HSK level 4)
须 xu1 知 zhi1		prerequisites / rules that must be known before starting sth (HSK level 6)
知 zhi1 足 zu2 常 chang2 乐 le4		satisfied with what one has (idiom) (HSK level 6)
无 wu2 知 zhi1		ignorant / ignorance (HSK level 6)
知 zhi1 觉 jue2		perception / consciousness (HSK level 6)
众 zhong4 所 suo3 周 zhou1 知 zhi1		see 眾所周知\|众所周知[zhong4 suo3 zhou1 zhi1] (HSK level 6)
众 zhong4 所 suo3 周 zhou1 知 zhi1		as everyone knows (idiom) (HSK level 6)
良 liang2 知 zhi1		innate sense of right and wrong / conscience / bosom friend
尽 jin4 人 ren2 皆 jie1 知 zhi1		known by everyone (idiom); well known / a household name
不 bu4 知 zhi1 不 bu4 觉 jue2		unconsciously / unwittingly
迷 mi2 途 tu2 知 zhi1 返 fan3		to get back on the right path / to mend one's ways
熟 shu2 知 zhi1		to be well acquainted with
得 de2 知 zhi1		to find out / to know / to learn about
知 zhi1 己 ji3		to know oneself / to be intimate or close / intimate friend
一 yi1 无 wu2 所 suo3 知 zhi1		not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant / without an inkling
知 zhi1 难 nan2 而 er2 退 tui4		to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); fig. to back out of an awkward situation / to get out on finding out what it's really like
先 xian1 知 zhi1 先 xian1 觉 jue2		foresight / having foresight / person of foresight
求 qiu2 知 zhi1		anxious to learn / keen for knowledge
知 zhi1 名 ming2 人 ren2 士 shi4		public figure / celebrity
可 ke3 知 zhi1		evidently / clearly / no wonder / knowable
知 zhi1 足 zu2		content with one's situation / to know contentment (hence happiness)
知 zhi1 名 ming2 度 du4		reputation / profile / familiarity in the public consciousness
知 zhi1 更 geng1 鸟 niao3		redbreast / robin
真 zhen1 知 zhi1		real knowledge
通 tong1 知 zhi1 单 dan1		notification / notice / ticket / receipt
路 lu4 人 ren2 皆 jie1 知 zhi1		understood by everyone (idiom); well known / a household name
明 ming2 知 zhi1 故 gu4 犯 fan4		deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime
深 shen1 知 zhi1		to know well / to be fully aware of
知 zhi1 心 xin1		caring / intimate
告 gao4 知 zhi1		to inform
知 zhi1 会 hui4		to inform / to tell / to notify / notification
不 bu4 知 zhi1 所 suo3 云 yun2		to not know what sb is driving at / to be unintelligible
知 zhi1 法 fa3 犯 fan4 法 fa3		to know the law and break it (idiom); consciously going against the rules
知 zhi1 县 xian4		county head magistrate (old)
殊 shu1 不 bu4 知 zhi1		little imagined / scarcely realized
先 xian1 知 zhi1		prophet
谁 shei2 知 zhi1		lit. who knows / who would have thought / unexpectedly / unpredictably
自 zi4 知 zhi1 之 zhi1 明 ming2		knowing oneself (idiom) / self-knowledge