無知

See also: 无知

Chinese

not have to know; to be aware
trad. (無知) 無 知
simp. (无知) 无 知

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 無 知
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 知 (9)
Final (韻) 虞 (24) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 武夫切 陟移切
Baxter mju trje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɨo/ /ʈiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/mio/ /ʈiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/mio/ /ȶjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muə̆/ /ʈiə̆/
Li
Rong
/mio/ /ȶie/
Wang
Li
/mĭu/ /ȶǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯u/ /ȶie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wú zhī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mou4 zi1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 無 無 無 知
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wú wú wú zhī
Middle
Chinese
‹ mju › ‹ mju › ‹ mju › ‹ trje ›
Old
Chinese
/*ma/ /*ma/ /*mo/ /*tre/
English not have volitional prefix don’t know

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 無 知
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13117 11495
Phonetic
component
無 矢
Rime
group
魚 支
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
無
Old
Chinese
/*ma/ /*ʔl'e/
Notes 沈兼士依韻會所引說文從口矢聲

Verb

無知

  1. to be ignorant
    請原諒我的無知。 [MSC, trad.]
    请原谅我的无知。 [MSC, simp.]
    Qǐng yuánliàng wǒ de wúzhī. [Pinyin]
    Please excuse my ignorance.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無知):
  • → Japanese: 無知(むち) (muchi)
  • → Korean: 무지(無知) (muji)
  • → Vietnamese: vô tri (無知)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無 知
む
Grade: 4
ち
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
無智

Etymology

知 is a daiyōji replacing 智

Adjective

無(む)知(ち) • (muchi) -na (adnominal 無(む)知(ち)な (muchi na), adverbial 無(む)知(ち)に (muchi ni))

  1. ignorant

Inflection

Noun

無(む)知(ち) • (muchi) 

  1. ignorance

Synonyms

References

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