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how to write zhi(know) in chinese

pinyinzhī
radicalsStroke count8
eanglish meaningknow; realize; be aware of; inform; knowledge; information

  Stroke order of the Chinese character "知" (zhi)

Handwriting

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Basic explanations

v. (知道) know; realize; be aware of:

1.  强不以为
pretend to know what one doesn't know;

2.  无所不
know everything; omniscient;

3.  其然并力求其所以然
know the how and endeavour to know the why;

4.  若要人不; 除非己莫为。
If you don't want people to know it, the best way is not to do it.

5.  这种方法我们已不试了多少次。
We've tried this method for no one knows how many times.

v. (使知道) inform; notify; tell:

1.  大家下午去开会
notify everybody to attend the meeting this afternoon

v. (旧指主管) administer; be in charge of:

1.  
magistrate of a district;

2.  
official administering a county; county magistrate

n. (知识) knowledge; information:

1.  
seek knowledge;

2.  出于无
from ignorance; without information