be conscious

(say) + (sentry) Same-ON
★★★★☆
19 strokes
BETA

Onyomi

SHIKI

SHE KEEPS knocking me unconscious.

Mnemonic

My consciousness is a sentry that watches over everything I say.

Jukugo

知識(ちしき)

knowledge ★★★☆☆
(know) + (be conscious) = 知識 (knowledge)

意識(いしき) のある

awareness ★★☆☆☆
(meaning) + (be conscious) = 意識 (awareness)

to have an awareness or be conscious of something- women are conscious of potential rapists in an everyday, peripheral way that men are not. Hippies are environmentally conscious. That's ishiki.

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
employment EAR
be conscious SAY
organization / weave STRING

You HEAR about employment opportunities with your EAR,

but you have to be conscious what you SAY in the job interview.

If you get the job, you're bound to the organization with social STRING.

Synonyms

idea, notion
意識    観念    現象   
self aware, self conscious
意識    てれる 自覚   
sign, symbol, mark
標識    記号    象徴    印    符号    暗号