识字

識字

shízì

verb HSK 6 #10,808

Meanings

1 to be literate; to know how to read
2 literacy

Characters

to know; to recognize

character; word

To know characters — to be literate.

Examples

孩子五岁就开始识字了。

Háizi wǔ suì jiù kāishǐ shí zì le.

The child started learning to read at age five.

中国的识字率已经很高了。

Zhōngguó de shízì lǜ yǐjīng hěn gāo le.

China's literacy rate is already very high.

爷爷那一代人很多都不识字。

Yéye nà yī dài rén hěn duō dōu bù shí zì.

Many people in grandpa's generation were illiterate.

Tips

culture

After 1949, China launched massive 扫盲 (sǎománg, literacy) campaigns. The literacy rate rose from about 20% to over 97% today. 识字 education remains important for Chinese children due to the complexity of characters.

Stroke Order

识 shí

字 zì