識字

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

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• 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

1. to learn to read
2. to know how to read

Noun

識字

1. literacy

See also

• 讀寫能力／读写能力 (dúxiě nénglì)
• 認字／认字 (rènzì)
• (Min Nan) 捌字 (bat-jī)

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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)

1. 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”)

See also

• リテラシー (literacy: understanding of something)