Amazing Chinese Characters (391) Know - 知

 The bronze script of character Know is

The bottom is character Sun -  日, the top left is Arrow, the right is a weapon which I don't know what kind weapon, no information in the dictionaries too. The middle 口 is Mouth. 

In a sunshine, a person teaches how to use arrow and another weapon. Because in ancient time, the knowledge of using weapons is very important to survive either in the battle fight or in hunting animals. The person who is qualified to teach is a knowledgeable person.

The big seal script of the character is

The left is character Arrow, the right is the character Mouth. The sun and another weapon are disappeared, which is understandable because teaching how to use arrow is enough to express the meaning of knowledgable, ancient Chinese tried to make the character as simple as possible.

The small seal script of the character is

Similarly, the left is arrow, and the right is mouth.

The clerical script of the character is

The left is arrow, and the right is mouth but most strokes are straight now.

The song typeface of the character is

知

The Pinyin is Zhi1.