知
チ, し.る, し.らせる, さと, さとる, しり, しれ, とも, のり

know, wisdom

JLPT4 G2 S8 F205

矢# arrow in flight + 口 mouth → knowledge allowing one to *speak to the essence of a matter* with the directness of an arrow in flight → *know*; *understand*; *realize*; *discover/notice* (the truth); *distinguish* (the truth) (← have the knowledge and insight to speak unerringly) → *intelligence* → *inform*; *notify*; *report*; *news*. Also, *omen* (← have advance knowledge of), *experience* and *feel* (← understand through experience and feeling) → *concern oneself*; *acquaintance* (← person one knows).

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