記

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See also: 记
記 U+8A18, 記
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A18
← 託
[U+8A17] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 訙 →
[U+8A19]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
0 strokes

Han character[edit]

記 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜口尸山 (YRSU), four-corner 07617, composition ⿰言己)

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 1149, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35244
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1615, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3943, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8A18

Chinese[edit]

trad. 記
simp. 记
alternative forms 記󠄂

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 記
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
記-seal.svg 記-bigseal.svg
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, OC *kɯs): semantic 言 (“speech; words”) + phonetic 己 (OC *kɯʔ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Rime
Character 記
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居吏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kɨH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kɨH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kieH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɨH/
Li
Rong 		/kiəH/
Wang
Li 		/kĭəH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gei3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 記
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kiH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.k(r)ə(ʔ)-s/
English remember; record (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 記
Reading # 1/1
No. 5768
Phonetic
component 		己
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		記
Old
Chinese 		/*kɯs/

Definitions[edit]

記

  1. to record; to mark; to note
    記日記 / 记日记  ―  jì rìjì  ―  to keep a diary
    你記下我的電話號碼吧。 [MSC, trad.]
    你记下我的电话号码吧。 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ jì xià wǒ de diànhuà hàomǎ ba. [Pinyin]
    Please jot down my phone number.
  2. to keep in mind; remember
    也許我記錯了 / 也许我记错了  ―  yěxǔ wǒ jì cuò le  ―  Perhaps I remembered wrongly.
    你嗰句說話我記得好清楚。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    你嗰句说话我记得好清楚。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 go2 geoi3 syut3 waa6 ngo5 gei3 dak1 hou2 cing1 co2. [Jyutping]
    I remember that sentence that you said very well.
  3. record; chronicle
    遊記 / 游记  ―  yóujì  ―  travel notes
    《石鐘山記》 / 《石钟山记》  ―  “Shízhōngshān Jì”  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)
  4. mark
    暗記 / 暗记  ―  ànjì  ―  secret mark
  5. birthmark (Classifier: 塊／块 m)
  6. (Hong Kong, Taiwan) a suffix for restaurants, stores, etc
    李錦記 [Cantonese, trad.]
    李锦记 [Cantonese, simp.]
    lei5 gam2 gei3 [Jyutping]
    Lee Kum Kee (food company founded by Lee Kum Sheung)
    M記 / M记 [Cantonese]  ―  em1 gei3 [Jyutping]  ―  (slang) McDonald's
  7. Classifier for blows. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
    一記耳光 / 一记耳光  ―  yī jì ěrguāng  ―  a slap in the face

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 記

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

記

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. statement
  2. inscription
  3. mention
  4. describe
  5. mark
  6. Kojiki

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
記
き
Grade: 2
on’yomi

⟨ki2⟩ → */kɨ/ → /ki/

From Middle Chinese 記 (MC kɨH).

In Old Japanese, this kanji was used as man'yōgana to transcribe /ki2/.

Pronunciation[edit]

Affix[edit]

記(き) • (ki) 

  1. to record; to mark
  2. to remember; to keep in mind

Noun[edit]

記(き) • (ki) 

  1. a chronicle

Suffix[edit]

記(き) • (-ki) 

  1. chronicle, history, account, record

Proper noun[edit]

記(き) • (Ki) 

  1. Short for 古事記 (Kojiki): the oldest extant record of the history of ancient Japan
  2. a surname
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
記
しるし
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 記す (shirusu, “to write down (a historical account)”).

Cognate with 印 (shirushi, “mark, print”)[1]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

記(しるし) • (shirushi) 

  1. a (written) chronicle

Etymology 3[edit]

Kanji in this term
記
ふみ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From 文, 書 (fumi, “writing”).

Proper noun[edit]

記(ふみ) • (Fumi) 

  1. a female given name

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

記 (eumhun 기록할 기 (girokhal gi))

  1. Hanja form? of 기 (“to record”).

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

記: Hán Nôm readings: kí, ghi, ký

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