知識・智識|ちしきchishiki[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounknowledge; information
   私のドイツ語どいつごの知識ちしきは貧弱ひんじゃくです。↗

   My knowledge of German is poor.

• Synonym見聞けんぶんWrittenWritten. Knowledge gained from what one sees and hears firsthand, as in 「見聞を広める」; stresses personal experience.
• SynonymナレッジNeutralLoanword for knowledge, seen mostly in corporate knowledge management, as in 「ナレッジマネジメント」.
• Related情報じょうほうNeutralInformation or data; 「知識」 is what you have understood and internalized.
• Related熟知じゅくちNeutralBeing thoroughly familiar with something, as in 「現場を熟知する」; an act or state, not the knowledge itself.
• Related精通せいつうNeutralThorough command of a field, as in 「法律に精通する」; stresses the degree of mastery rather than knowledge itself.
• Related英知えいちWrittenWritten. Profound wisdom, as in 「人類の英知」; a loftier, laudatory word than 「知識」.
• Related知恵ちえNeutralWisdom or wits for judging and handling things, as in 「知恵を絞る」; applied ability, where 「知識」 is the content you know.
• Related知見ちけんWrittenWritten. Insights from research or observation, common in academic writing, as in 「新たな知見」.
• Related知力ちりょくNeutralIntellectual power or thinking ability; a capacity, not the content of knowledge.
• Related認知にんちNeutralRecognition or cognition; also legal acknowledgment of a child. A psychology and law term.
• Related了知りょうちWrittenWritten word for understanding or grasping something; rarely used today.
• Related知ちWrittenWritten. Intellect or wisdom, as in 「知の巨人」; mostly for abstract intellectual activity.
• Antonym無知むちNeutralThe antonym of 「知識」: lacking knowledge, ignorance.

Use 「知識」 for what you know and understand. For information say 「情報」, for wisdom in use 「知恵」, for research insights 「知見」, for mastery of a field 「精通」; 「無知」 is the opposite. The rest are narrower or more formal.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. ある事柄ことがらに対たいして、知しっている内容ないよう。また、知しること。
2. 知恵ちえ、思考力しこうりょく、応用力おうようりょく。
3. 仏道ぶつどうに関かんして深ふかい見識けんしきを持もち、その見識けんしきを伝道でんどうする者もの。徳とくの高たかい僧侶そうりょ。知者ちしゃ。
4. 仏像ぶつぞう建立こんりゅうなどに際さいして、金品きんぴんを寄進きしんしたり、無償むしょうで労働力ろうどうりょくを提供ていきょうする等とうすること。又またはそれをする人ひと。勧進かんじん。