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

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si² zi⁴

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): шызы (šɨzɨ, I-III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sik¹ zi⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): set² du⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳt-sṳ
Jin (Wiktionary): seh⁵ zi³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sek-lī / siak-lī / sit-jī / sek-jī / sek-chū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shízì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄗˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhzìh
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-tzŭ⁴
  - Yale: shŕ-dz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrtzyh
  - Palladius: шицзы (šiczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄗˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhzìh
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tzŭ⁴
  - Yale: shr̀-dz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtzyh
  - Palladius: шицзы (šiczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: si² zi⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sz
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹ t͡sz̩²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: шызы (šɨzɨ, I-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²⁴ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik¹ zi⁶
  - Yale: sīk jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ t͡siː²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: set² du⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /set̚⁵⁵ tu³²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: siid^ˋ sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁵ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚² sɨ⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: seh⁵ zi³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /səʔ⁵⁴⁻² t͡sz̩⁴⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-lī
  - Tâi-lô: sik-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sekli
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ li²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-lī
  - Tâi-lô: siak-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siakli
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ li⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-jī
  - Tâi-lô: sit-jī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sitji
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zi²²/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-jī
  - Tâi-lô: sik-jī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sekji
  - IPA (Penang): /sek̚³⁻⁴ d͡zi²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-chū
  - Tâi-lô: sik-tsū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sekzu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡su²²/

Middle Chinese: syik dziH

Rime
Character	識	字
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	職 (134)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	賞職切	疾置切
Baxter	syik	dziH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨk̚/	/d͡zɨ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕɨk̚/	/d͡zɨ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiek̚/	/d͡zie^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕik̚/	/d͡zɨ^H/
Li Rong	/ɕiək̚/	/d͡ziə^H/
Wang Li	/ɕĭək̚/	/d͡zĭə^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ək̚/	/d͡zʱi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shi	zì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik¹	zi⁶

Verb

識字

to learn to read
to know how to read; to be literate
他是個不識字的農民。 [MSC, trad.]
他是个不识字的农民。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā shì ge bù shízì de nóngmín. [Pinyin]
He is an illiterate peasant.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 識字 (“to know how to read; to be literate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		識字
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	識字
Cantonese	Hong Kong	識字
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	捌字
Southern Min	Xiamen	捌字
	Quanzhou	捌字
	Zhangzhou	捌字
	Tainan	捌字

Derived terms

人生識字憂患始／人生识字忧患始 (rénshēng shízì yōuhuàn shǐ)
目不識字／目不识字
識字率／识字率 (shízìlǜ)
識字班／识字班
識字知書／识字知书
讀書識字／读书识字 (dúshū shízì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (識字):

→ Japanese: 識(しき)字(じ) (shikiji)
→ Korean: 식자(識字) (sikja)

Japanese

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

Noun

識(しき)字(じ) • (shikiji)

literacy (ability to read and write)

Antonyms

非(ひ)識(しき)字(じ) (hishikiji, “illiteracy”)
文盲(もんもう) (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”)