漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
記: scribe, account
Also: narrative
JLPT N310 strokesGrade 2Your ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 己 gives the sound
10 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
キki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 記事きじnews story
- 記者きしゃreporter
- 記号きごうsymbol
- 記念日きねんびanniversary, memorial day
- 日記にっきdiary
- 伝記でんきbiography
- 下記かきthings mentioned below (writing)
- 記憶するきおくするremember
- 記録するきろくするrecord, document [v.t.]
- 記入するきにゅうするfill in forms
- 暗記するあんきするmemorize, learn by heart
しるすshirusu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 記すしるすwrite down
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)言 speech; words (meaning) + 己 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 記 (rev. 93780523), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
記 takes the 己 family's reading, キ (ki).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side記 scribe · 己
vs託 consign · 乇In ChineseSimplified 记 · traditional, as in Japanese · jì
Japan keeps the traditional form 記; mainland China simplifies it to 记.
- Simplified
- 记 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 記 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
One click tells us. No sign-up.