"周知" meaning in Japanese

See 周知 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɕɨːt͡ɕi] Forms: 周知 [canonical] (ruby: 周(しゅう), 知(ち)), shūchi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|しゅうち}} 周(しゅう)知(ち) • (shūchi)
  1. common knowledge, being well-known, making (something) well-known
    Sense id: en-周知-ja-noun-iid12nl2 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 69 31 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 53 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 53 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 83 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 53 47 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 43

Verb

IPA: [ɕɨːt͡ɕi] Forms: 周知する suru [canonical] (ruby: 周(しゅう), 知(ち)), shūchi suru [romanization], 周知し [stem] (ruby: 周(しゅう), 知(ち)), 周知した [past] (ruby: 周(しゅう), 知(ち))
Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|しゅうち}} 周(しゅう)知(ち)する • (shūchi suru) suru (stem 周(しゅう)知(ち)し (shūchi shi), past 周(しゅう)知(ち)した (shūchi shita))
  1. to make (something) well-known
    Sense id: en-周知-ja-verb-xTirXPQn Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 53 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 53 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 53 47
     
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Download raw JSONL data for 周知 meaning in Japanese (3.3kB)

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