紀

See also: 纪

紀 U+2F96A, 紀 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F96A ← 糣 [U+2F969] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𥾆 → [U+2F96B]

Translingual

Han character

紀 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女火尸山 (VFSU), four-corner 2791₇, composition ⿰糹己(GHTV) or ⿰糸己(JK))

Derived characters

• 𪦏

Related characters

• 纪 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 915, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27234
• Dae Jaweon: page 1342, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3366, character 9
• Unihan data for U+7D00

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Chinese

trad.		紀
simp.		纪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (己) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
改	*klɯːʔ
跽	*ɡrɯʔ
己	*kɯʔ
紀	*kɯʔ
妀	*kɯʔ
記	*kɯs
杞	*kʰɯʔ
屺	*kʰɯʔ
芑	*kʰɯʔ
邔	*kʰɯʔ, *ɡɯs
玘	*kʰɯʔ
忌	*ɡɯs
鵋	*ɡɯs
誋	*ɡɯs
梞	*ɡɯs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kɯʔ) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 己 (OC *kɯʔ).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 紀

1. record; annal; historical account
2. century
3. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

紀

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. narrative; account

Readings

• Go-on: こ (ko)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Nanori: おさむ (osamu); ただす (tadasu); とし (toshi); とも (tomo); のり (nori); もと (moto)

Compounds

• 紀(き)元(げん) (kigen)
• 紀(き)元(げん)前(ぜん) (kigenzen)
• 紀(き)行(こう) (kikō)
• 記(き)紀(き) (Ki-Ki)
• 世(せい)紀(き) (seiki)
• 千(せん)年(ねん)紀(き) (sennenki)

• 三(さん)畳(じょう)紀(き) (Sanjōki)
• 二(に)畳(じょう)紀(き) (Nijōki)
• 白(はく)亜(あ)紀(き) (Hakuaki)
• ペルム紀(き) (Perumuki)
• 紀(き)伊(い) (Kī)
• 紀(き)州(しゅう) (Kishū)

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
紀
き Grade: 5
on'yomi

紀(き) or 紀(proper) • (ki or proper) [[Category:Japanese
|き]]

1. a surname

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Korean

Hanja

紀 (eumhun 벼리 기 (byeori gi))

1. hanja form^? of 기 (“the guide ropes at the edge of a fishing net, index, contents (of a book)”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 紀 (kỉ, kỷ, kỹ, kĩ)

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