意識

See also: 意识

Chinese

 
idea; meaning; wish; desire; (abbr.) Italy
 
to record; write a footnote; to know; knowledge
trad. (意識)
simp. (意识)

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 意識 (いしき) (ishiki, consciousness), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 意識意识 (yìshí, “awareness, discernment”).

Pronunciation


Noun

意識

  1. consciousness; awareness; the mind; mentality; sense
    提高意識 / 提高意识   tígāo yìshí   to raise awareness
    加強文明意識 / 加强文明意识   jiāqiáng wénmíng yìshí   to improve people's awareness of civilized behaviour
    權利意識 / 权利意识   quánlì yìshí   sense of entitlement

Verb

意識

  1. (usually used with ) to be conscious of; to be aware of; to awake to; to realize

Derived terms


Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
しき
Grade: 5
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 意識 (ʔiH syik)

Pronunciation

Noun

意識 (hiragana いしき, rōmaji ishiki)

  1. consciousness; awareness
  2. sense; awareness

Compounds

Verb

意識する (transitive, hiragana いしきする, rōmaji ishiki suru)

  1. be conscious
  2. be aware

Conjugation

Descendants


Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

意識 (uisik, McCune-Reischauer: ŭisik, Yale: ūysik) (hangeul 의식)

  1. Hanja form? of 의식 (consciousness).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Noun

意識

  1. Hán tự form of ý thức (consciousness).
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