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

(Dungan, Cyrillic): шызы (šьzь, I-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ zi⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳt-sṳ
Min Nan (POJ): siak-lī / sek-lī / sit-jī / sek-lī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
  - Pinyin: shízì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄗˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shytzyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: shìzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄗˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtzyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: шызы (šьzь, I-III)
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɨː²⁴ t͡sɨː⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik¹ zi⁶
  - Yale: sīk jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ ji⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ t͡siː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: siid` sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁵ si⁴
  - IPA: /sɨt̚² sɨ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-lī
  - Tâi-lô: siak-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siakli
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ li⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-lī
  - Tâi-lô: sik-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sekli
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ li²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-jī
  - Tâi-lô: sit-jī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sitji
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ʑi²²/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-lī
  - Tâi-lô: sik-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sekli
  - IPA (Penang): /sek̚³⁻⁴ li²¹/

Verb

識字

to learn to read
to know how to read

Noun

識字

literacy

Japanese

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

Noun

識字 (hiragana しきじ, rōmaji shikiji)

literacy (ability to read and write)

Antonyms

非 (ひ)識 (しき)字 (じ) (hishikiji, “illiteracy”)
文 (もん)盲 (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”)