To Know
To Learn, To Find Out
transitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means know so the verb version means to know. It can additionally refer to how one comes to know something, so it also means to learn or to find out.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You learned this reading already with the kanji, so you're good to go! Yay!
父は今日、そのニュースを知る。
My father will learn the news today.
今回のパーティには知らない人が多かった。
This time there were many people I didn't know at the party.
このコアラ、人工ロボットだって知ってた？
Did you know that this koala is an artificial robot?