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識 means 'knowledge'

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Strokes : 19    Frequency: 434   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-11    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 24    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 23 words   Used in 264 words   Used in 82 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
On
   シキ
Kun      しる
Name    さと   さとる
⿰   say; word   potter's clay  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 識 is used 7 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 識 is used 262 times, read 3 ways.
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シキ : 258 words FIND ALL
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1. consciousness
2. awareness; sense
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Most common form: 知る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise
2. to notice; to feel
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しる : 1 word FIND ALL
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Most common form: 記す
1. to write down; to note; to jot down  (see also: 記する)
2. to remember  (usu. as 心に記す, etc.)
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An additional 3 less common words include 識 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 725 (originally: 698)  Joy o' Kanji : 698  Key to Kanji: 452 

Cascading kanji view

シキ    knowledge, discrimination   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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potter's clay   
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tasseled spear
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
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