U+8B58 "識" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
識
U+8B58 "識" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that is also used in Japanese and Korean, where it primarily means "to know," "to recognize," or "knowledge," and it is composed of the radical for "speech" (言) combined with a phonetic component that suggests pronunciation and meaning. In modern usage, it appears in words like "認識" (rènshi, meaning "to know" or "recognize" in Chinese) and "知識" (zhīshi, meaning "knowledge"), and it carries a sense of discernment or understanding, tracing its origins to classical texts where it denoted the ability to distinguish or remember information.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8B58 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 識 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 識 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xAD 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8B58 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008B58 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8b58 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C3D1 |
| kCCCII | 21593C |
| kCNS1986 | 1-787C |
| kCNS1992 | 1-787C |
| kCangjie | YRYIA |
| kCantonese | sik1 |
| kCihaiT | 1255.401 |
| kCowles | 3918 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1644.280 |
| kDefinition | recognize, understand, know |
| kEACC | 21593C |
| kFanqie | 職吏 賞職 |
| kFenn | 93A |
| kFennIndex | 451.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0365.0 |
| kGB1 | 4222 |
| kGradeLevel | 3 |
| kGSR | 0920k |
| kHangul | 식:0E 지:0N |
| kHanYu | 64019.160 |
| kHanyuPinlu | shi(908) shí(267) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 64019.160:zhì,shí |
| kHKGlyph | 3851 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1644.280 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64019.160 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1181.170 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-4A36 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C3D1 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3C31 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E5C1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-635B |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-787C |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-902A |
| kJapanese | シキ シ ショク しる しるし しるす |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | SHIRU SHIRUSHI SHIRUSU |
| kJapaneseOn | SHIKI SHOKU SHI |
| kJis0 | 2817 |
| kKangXi | 1181.170 |
| kKorean | SIK CI |
| kLau | 2785 |
| kMandarin | shí shì |
| kMatthews | 5825 |
| kMeyerWempe | 250d 2700 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024776 MJ024776:E0101 MJ024777:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 35974 35974:E0101 |
| kNelson | 4438 |
| kPhonetic | 164 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2269+149.7.12 |
| kRSUnicode | 149.12 |
| kSBGY | 356.27 525.37 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "识" U+8BC6 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 655.11 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | shí粵sik1 zhì粵zi3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6221 |
| kTang | *shiək |
| kTotalStrokes | 19 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 243:174 |
| kXHC1983 | 1037.011:shí 1492.081:zhì |