Today’s #kanji is #識, which is made of its semantic element of #ごんべん（言） and phonetic element of 戠. 戠 is not listed in the 常用漢字（ジョウヨウカンジ） list but it has the meaning of “mark(ing).” Can you tell what 識 means then?
Meaning: to know, to recognise, to perceive, etc.
Reading: シキ
識者（シキシャ）: [noun] an intellectual, an informed person
識別（シキベツ）: [noun] identification, discrimination (positive meaning)
意識（イシキ）: [noun] consciousness, awareness
学識（ガクシキ）: [noun] learning, knowledge
見識（ケンシキ）: [noun] good judgment, discernment, fine discrimination
常識（ジョウシキ）: [noun] common sense, conventional wisdom, common knowledge
知識（チシキ）: [noun] knowledge, information, learning, attainments
認識（ニンシキ）: [noun] cognition, recognition, awareness, perception
面識（メンシキ）: [noun] acquaintance
良識（リョウシキ）: [noun] good sense, common sense
- ごんべん
