知恵

ちえ · chie · JLPT N3 · noun

wisdom

🦉 知恵 = know + blessing: knowledge that has become a gift

知 (chi) means to know, and 恵 (e) means blessing or favour. Wisdom is knowing turned into something useful. Read the two kanji's sounds together, chi + e, and you get chie.

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