shízhì

recognize

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
言 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

戠 sound component

  Sound component

zhīzhí

  

to gather

Evolution

識 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
識 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
識 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
識 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

shí

recognize, understand, know; to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shì]

() 

zhì

to record; to write a footnote

Most common words with 識
Freq.
Word
Meaning

认识

to know

意识

consciousness

知识

knowledge

见识

knowledge

知识产权

intellectual property rights (law)