ご存知

Japanese

Kanji in this term
存	知
ぞん Grade: 6	じ Grade: 2 (ateji)
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
ご存じ御存じ御存知

Etymology

御(ご) (go, honorific prefix) + 存知(ぞんじ) (zonji, “knowing”), the latter 当(あ)て字(じ) (ateji, “ateji”) for the 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, “continuative form”) of the verb 存(ぞん)ずる (zonzuru)・存(ぞん)じる (zonjiru).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ごぞんじ [gòzóꜜǹjì] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞zõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Noun

ご存(ぞん)知(じ) • (go-zonji)

(honorific) knowing, acquaintance
田(た)中(なか)さんはどこに住(す)んでいるかご存(ぞん)知(じ)ですか。
Tanaka-san wa doko ni sunde iru ka go-zonji desu ka.
Do you know where Ms. Tanaka lives?

ご存(ぞん)知(じ)ですか。
Go-zonji desu ka.
Do you know? (polite)