This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: シキ、し.る、しる.す
Romaji: shiki, shi.ru, shiru.su
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Name Readings

Kana: さと、さとる
Romaji: sato, satoru
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Meanings

discriminating, know, write

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  19
Radical Number:  149
Frequency:  496
Grade:  5
Skip Pattern:  1-7-12
Korean Reading:  ji
Chinese Reading:  zhi4
Unicode:  8b58
JIS:  3C31

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1639
Nelson Index: 4438
New Nelson Index: 5704
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 7a12.6
Four Corner Index: 0365.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 698
Gakken Index: 617
Japanese Names Index: 2810
Daikanwanjiten Index: 35974
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0588
Remembering the kanji Index: 482
Kanji Way Index: 416
Kanji Flashcards Index: 911
Kodansha Compact Index: 1709
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 725
Kanji in Context Index: 512
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1086
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1477
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 493
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 521
Essential Kanji Index: 486
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2070
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3059
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 627
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 824

Words

(しき)
acquaintanceship; vijnana; consciousness; written by...
知識 (ちしき)
knowledge; information
標識 (ひょうしき)
sign; mark; flag
常識 (じょうしき)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice; social etiquette
無意識 (むいしき)
unconsciousness; the unconscious
意識 (いしき)
consciousness; awareness; sense; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
認識 (にんしき)
recognition; cognizance; cognisance; knowledge; realization; realisation; awareness; perception
識別 (しきべつ)
discrimination; discernment; identification
面識 (めんしき)
acquaintance
鑑識 (かんしき)
judgement; judgment; discernment; discrimination; having eye for; forensics; crime lab
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