意識

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See also: 意识

Chinese

idea; meaning; wish
idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
 
to record; write a footnote; to know
to record; write a footnote; to know; knowledge
 
trad. (意識) 意 識
simp. (意识) 意 识
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Pronunciation

Noun

意識

  1. consciousness; awareness; the mind; mentality; sense
    提高意識／提高意识  ―  tígāo yìshí  ―  to raise awareness
    加強文明意識／加强文明意识  ―  jiāqiáng wénmíng yìshí  ―  to improve people's awareness of civilized behaviour
    權利意識／权利意识  ―  quánlì yìshí  ―  sense of entitlement
    品牌意識／品牌意识  ―  pǐnpái yìshí  ―  brand awareness

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Verb

意識

  1. (usually used with 到) to be conscious of; to be aware of; to awake to; to realize

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Japanese

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
意 識
い
Grade: 3 		しき
Grade: 5
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 意識 (ʔiH syik).

Pronunciation

Noun

意(い)識(しき) • (ishiki) 

  1. consciousness; awareness
  2. sense; awareness

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Verb

意(い)識(しき)する • (ishiki suru) transitive suru (stem 意(い)識(しき)し (ishiki shi), past 意(い)識(しき)した (ishiki shita))

  1. be conscious
  2. be aware

Conjugation

Conjugation of "意識する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 意識し いしきし ishiki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 意識し いしきし ishiki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 意識する いしきする ishiki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 意識する いしきする ishiki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 意識すれ いしきすれ ishiki sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 意識せよ¹
意識しろ² 		いしきせよ¹
いしきしろ² 		ishiki seyo¹
ishiki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 意識される いしきされる ishiki sareru
Causative 意識させる
意識さす 		いしきさせる
いしきさす 		ishiki saseru
ishiki sasu
Potential 意識できる いしきできる ishiki dekiru
Volitional 意識しよう いしきしよう ishiki shiyō
Negative 意識しない いしきしない ishiki shinai
Negative continuative 意識せず いしきせず ishiki sezu
Formal 意識します いしきします ishiki shimasu
Perfective 意識した いしきした ishiki shita
Conjunctive 意識して いしきして ishiki shite
Hypothetical conditional 意識すれば いしきすれば ishiki sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
意識

Noun

意識 • (uisik or McCune-Reischauer: ŭisik or Yale: ūysik) (hangeul 의식)

  1. hanja form? of 의식 (“consciousness”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
意識

Noun

意識

  1. chữ Hán form of ý thức (“consciousness”).
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