哲 (zit3 | zhe2) : wise; wise man

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哲

zit3

zhe2

[1] wise; sagacious; learned; intellectual
[2] wise man; sage; thinker; philosopher

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

哲

This word has been viewed 9786 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Oct 2010 12:13

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哲學 zit3 hok6 zhe2 xue2 = philosophy

哲學家 zit3 hok6 gaa1 zhe2 xue2 jia1 = philosopher

哲學博士 zit3 hok6 bok3 si6 = a doctor of philosophy

哲學演講 zit3 hok6 jin2 gong2 = a lecture on philosophy

哲理 zit3 lei5 zhe2 li3 = philosophic theory; philosophy

哲人其萎 zit3 jan4 kei4 wai2 = a sage is passing away

哲蚌寺 zit3 pong5 zi6*2 zhe2 bang4 si4 = Drepung (monastery near Lhasa, Tibet)

聖哲瑪里琪第一式 sing3 zit3 maa5 lei5 kei4 dai6 jat1 sik1 = [yoga] Marichyasana II, Sage Marichi's Pose II

許孟哲 heoi2 maang6 zit3 xu3 meng4 zhe2 = Jason Hsu

許哲珮 heoi2 zit3 pui3 xu3 zhe2 pei4 = Peggy Hsu
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Decimal representation of this word: 哲
Unicode code for this character: U+54f2 (off-site link)

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