Chinese symbol for “know”
知道
zhī dào
to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for know is 知道 (zhī dào), defined as: to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5].
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “know”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 认识 (認識) | rèn shi | to know; to recognize |
| 知 | zhī | to know; to be aware |
| 识 (識) | shí | to know; knowledge |
| 晓得 (曉得) | xiǎo de | to know |
| 知晓 (知曉) | zhī xiǎo | to know; to understand |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 知道.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 知识 (知識) | zhī shi | knowledge; 门 (mén) |
| 通知 | tōng zhī | to notify; to inform |
| 不知 | bù zhī | not to know; unaware |
| 知名 | zhī míng | well-known; famous |
| 得知 | dé zhī | to find out; to learn of |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
| 难道 (難道) | nán dào | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? |
| 道路 | dào lù | road; path |
See also: Japanese symbol for “know”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.