知恵

Japanese

Kanji in this term
知	恵
ち Grade: 2	え Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
知惠 (kyūjitai) 智慧智恵

Etymology

Middle Chinese 智慧 (trje^H hwej^H)

知 is a daiyōji replacing 智. 恵 is a daiyōji replacing 慧.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちえ [chìéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕie̞]

Noun

知(ち)恵(え) • (chie) ^{←ちゑ (tiwe)^?}

wisdom, intelligence

Derived terms

知恵熱(ちえねつ) (chienetsu)
知恵袋(ちえぶくろ) (chiebukuro)
知恵遅(ちえおく)れ (chieokure)
知恵(ちえ)を絞(しぼ)る (chie o shiboru)
知恵(ちえ)の輪(わ) (chie no wa)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“知恵”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025