哲 — Chinese character
哲
zhé
wise, sagacious; wise man; philosopher
- Pinyin
- zhé
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 折 口
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 折
- Japanese
- 哲 as a kanji
Common words with 哲
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哲学 (哲學) | zhé xué | philosophy |
| 哲学家 (哲學家) | zhé xué jiā | philosopher |
| 哲理 | zhé lǐ | philosophic theory; philosophy |
| 哲人 | zhé rén | wise man |
| 哲学史 (哲學史) | zhé xué shǐ | history of philosophy |
| 明哲保身 | míng zhé bǎo shēn | a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom); to put one's own safety before matters of principle |
| 先哲 | xiān zhé | the wise and learned individuals of the past |
| 哲思 | zhé sī | philosophical reflection; contemplative philosophical thought |
| 哲学博士 (哲學博士) | zhé xué bó shì | Doctor of Philosophy; PhD |
| 圣哲 (聖哲) | shèng zhé | sage |
| 马哲 (馬哲) | mǎ zhé | Marxist philosophy |
| 哲人其萎 | zhé rén qí wěi | a wise man has passed away (idiom) |
English words written with 哲
哲 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Doctrine of the Mean 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.