Japanese symbol for “literacy”
識字
しきじ
Romaji: shikiji
literacy
In Japanese, literacy is 識字, read しきじ (shikiji).
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Meanings
- n literacy
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “literacy”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| リテラシー | リテラシー riterashii | literacy |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 意識 | いしき ishiki | consciousness |
| 認識 | にんしき ninshiki | recognition; awareness; perception |
| 知識 | ちしき chishiki | knowledge; information |
| 常識 | じょうしき joushiki | common sense; good sense; common knowledge |
| 識別 | しきべつ shikibetsu | distinction; discrimination; discernment |
| 標識 | ひょうしき hyoushiki | sign; mark; marker |
| 文字 | もじ moji | letter (of an alphabet); character |
| 数字 | すうじ suuji | numeral; digit; numeric character |
See also: Chinese symbol for “literacy”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.