記

See also: 记

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		記
simp.		记

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jì (ji⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei³
• Min Nan (POJ): kì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei³
    • Yale: gei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei³
    • IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kì
    • Tâi-lô: kì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kix
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /kɨ^H/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*C.k(r)ə(ʔ)-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯs/

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/

Verb

記

1. to record, mark, note
2. to keep in mind, remember

Noun

記

1. record, chronicle

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Japanese

Kanji

記

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. statement (often used as a heading in letters, notices and other documents)
2. inscription
3. mention
4. describe
5. mark

Readings

• Goon: こ (ko) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: き (ki)
• Kun: しるす (shirusu), しるし (shirushi)

Compounds

記事 (きじ, kiji) 記者 (きしゃ, kisha)

記念 (きねん, kinen) 記録 (きろく, kiroku)

筆記 (ひっき, hikki) 日記 (にっき, nikki)

Suffix

記 ‎(hiragana き, romaji -ki)

1. chronicle

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Korean

Hanja

記 • ‎(gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune-Reischauer ki, Yale ki)

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Vietnamese

Han character

記 (kí, ghi, ký)

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