shí zì
apprendre à lire; alphabétisation
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这个孩子识字很多。
Zhège háizi shízì hěn duō.
This child knows a lot of characters.
我正在学习识字。
Wǒ zhèngzài xuéxí shízì.
I am learning to read and write.
识字率是衡量一个国家教育水平的重要指标。
Shízìlǜ shì héngliàng yīgè guójiā jiàoyù shuǐpíng de zhòngyào zhǐbiǎo.
The literacy rate is an important indicator of a country's education level.
认字 (rèn zì)
know characters
识文 (shí wén)
know words
不识字 (bù shí zì)
illiterate
文盲 (wén máng)
illiterate
The Chinese character 识 (shí) means "to know" or "to recognize". It is composed of two parts: the radical 目 (mù), which means "eye", and the phonetic component 识 (shí), which is a simplified form of the character 识 (shí), which means "to know". The character 字 (zì) means "character" or "word". It is composed of two parts: the radical 言 (yán), which means "speech", and the phonetic component 子 (zǐ), which is a simplified form of the character 子 (zǐ), which means "child". The compound character 识字 (shízì) therefore means "to know characters" or "to be literate".The word 识字 (shízì) has been used in Chinese for over 2,000 years. It is first recorded in the Shuowen Jiezi, a Chinese dictionary compiled in the 2nd century AD. The Shuowen Jiezi defines 识字 as "to know the meaning of characters".The word 识字 (shízì) is still used in Chinese today with the same meaning. It is a common word that is used in both spoken and written Chinese.
