漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
誌: document, records
JLPT N214 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 志 gives the sound
14 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
シshi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 雑誌ざっしjournal, magazine
- 日誌にっしdiary
- 週刊誌しゅうかんしweekly publication
- 月刊誌げっかんしmonthly publication
- 誌しmagazine; journal
- 学会誌がっかいしacademic journal
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side誌 document · 志
vs認 acknowledge · 忍In ChineseSimplified 志 · traditional, as in Japanese · zhì
Japan keeps the traditional form 誌; mainland China simplifies it to 志.
- Simplified
- 志 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 誌 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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