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哲
zhé
1. philosophy
2. wise
Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

哲
zhé
wise, sagacious; wise man; philosopher
HSK 5 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

先哲
xiānzhé
distinguished precursor
哲人
zhérén
wise man
哲理
zhélǐ
philosophic theory
哲学
zhéxué
philosophy
HSK 5
圣哲
shèngzhé
sage
李哲
LǐZhé
Li Zhe, personal name of fourth Tang Emperor Zhongzong [[唐中宗<TángZhōngzōng>]] (656-710), reigned 705-710
麦哲伦
Màizhélún
Magellan (1480-1521), Portuguese explorer
哲人石
zhérénshí
philosopher's stone
哲学史
zhéxuéshǐ
history of philosophy
哲学家
zhéxuéjiā
philosopher
哲蚌寺
Zhébàngsì
Drepung monastery, Lhasa, Tibet
埃森哲
Āisēnzhé
Accenture (company)
范思哲
Fànsīzhé
Versace (fashion designer)
赫哲族
Hèzhézú
Hezhen ethnic group of Heilongjiang province
赫哲语
Hèzhéyǔ
Hezhen language (of Hezhen ethnic group of Heilongjiang province)
陶哲轩
TáoZhéxuān
Terence Tao, Chinese-Australian mathematician, Fields medalist in 2006
李远哲
LǐYuǎnzhé
Yuan T. Lee (1936-), Taiwanese-born Chemist and Nobel Prize winner in 1986
柯文哲
KēWénzhé
Ko Wen-je (1959-), Taiwanese independent politician, Mayor of Taipei City from 2014
肇俊哲
ZhàoJùnzhé
Zhao Junzhe (1979-), Chinese football player
明哲保身
míngzhébǎoshēn
a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom)

Alternate Entries

哲
zhé
(used in given names) / variant of [[哲<zhé>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,116
Word Frequency Rank
3,385 of 84,292