Kanji
智
N1
12 strokes
Grade 9
freq #1002
wisdom, intellect, reason
On'yomi (音読み)
チ
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
軻遇突智
かぐつち
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
開智国際大学
かいちこくさいだいがく
Kaichi International University
綜芸種智院
しゅげいしゅちいん
Shugei Shuchiin School (ca 829CE)
上智大学
じょうちだいがく
Sophia University
種智院大学
しゅちいんだいがく
Shuchiin College
人智学
じんちがく
anthroposophy
早慶上智
そうけいじょうち
Waseda University, Keio University and Sophia University (three highly selective private universities in Tokyo)
智天使
ちてんし
cherubim; cherub
多智
たち
great wisdom
神智学
しんちがく
theosophy
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
智を磨く
ちをみがく
to cultivate wisdom
Example sentences
今日(きょう)の新聞(しんぶん)によれば、昨日(きのう)チリで大地震(おおじしん)があったそうだ。
According to today's paper, there was a big earthquake in Chile yesterday.