Kanji1 / 12
智 kanji
wisdom, intellect, reason
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
On readings
チ
Kun readings
NoneWords with 智
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —上智supreme wisdom
- —仁智benevolence and wisdom
- —佞智craftiness
- —智日Chile and Japan
- —奸智cunning; craft; wiles
- —益智bitter seeded cardamon
- —仏智omniscience (of a buddha)
- —智水purifying wisdom of a buddha; purifying water of wisdom used in a Buddhist baptism
- —明智sagacity; wisdom; intelligence
- —多智great wisdom
- —奴智鮫banded houndshark (Triakis scyllium)
- —智山派Chisan sect (of Shingi Shingon Buddhism); Chizan sect
- —神智学theosophy
- —智天使cherubim; cherub
- —人智学anthroposophy
- —智を磨くto cultivate wisdom
- —大円鏡智adarsa-jnana (great-perfect-mirror wisdom, wisdom clearly elucidating all things)
- —五智如来five dhyani buddhas; five wisdom buddhas
- —軻遇突智Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
- —早慶上智Waseda University, Keio University and Sophia University (three highly selective private universities in Tokyo)