Character · Mind and speech
知
しる shiruしらず shirazuちしん chishinしれ shire
know
Composition
Origin
Arrow (矢) and mouth (口): speech that hits its mark as straight as an arrow — to know.
In the thoughts
- 知新chishinknowing the new
- 知らずshirazuknows not
- 知れshireknow
- 知るshiruto know
Proverbs carrying this character
- 016 温故知新 Warm up the old to understand the new.
- 017 井の中の蛙大海を知らず The frog at the bottom of the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
- 055 親の心子知らず The child does not know the parent's heart.
- 090 我が身をつねって人の痛さを知れ Pinch yourself to know another's pain.
- 116 足るを知る Know what is enough.
- 126 一葉落ちて天下の秋を知る One leaf falls, and we know autumn is coming to the world.
- 150 一を聞いて十を知る Hear one, understand ten.
- 301 われ、ただ足るを知る I know only what is enough.