記

See also: 记

記	U+8A18, 記 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A18

← 託
[U+8A17]

CJK Unified Ideographs

訙 →
[U+8A19]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Han character[edit]

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

Derived characters[edit]

𥱬, 䓽, 𭵮, 𣉸, 𪡴, 𫂮/𫍕

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

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 記
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jì (ji⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ

(Chengdu, SP): ji⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ki
Min Bei (KCR): gi̿
Min Dong (BUC): gé
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kì

(Teochew, Peng'im): gi³
Wu (Wiktionary): ji (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
  - Wade–Giles: chi⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ji⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei³
  - Yale: gei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki
  - Hakka Romanization System: gi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gi̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki³³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gé
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛi²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kì
  - Tâi-lô: kì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ki¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gi³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ji (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁴/

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	/kɨ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kie^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨ^H/
Li Rong	/kiə^H/
Wang Li	/kĭə^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki^H/
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	‹ ki^H ›
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

to record; to mark; to note
to keep in mind; remember
record; chronicle
birthmark
(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

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 記

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Go-on: こ (ko)
Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
Kun: しるし (shirushi); しるす (shirusu, 記す, Jōyō)
Nanori: とし (toshi); なり (nari); のり (nori); ふさ (fusa); ふみ (fumi); よし (yoshi)

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

Etymology 1[edit]

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

⟨ki₂⟩ → */kɨ/ → /ki/

From Middle Chinese 記 (MC kɨ^H).

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

Pronunciation[edit]

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) き [kíꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [kʲi]

Affix[edit]

記(き) • (ki)

to record; to mark
to remember; to keep in mind

Noun[edit]

記(き) • (ki)

a chronicle

Suffix[edit]

記(き) • (-ki)

chronicle, history, account, record

Proper noun[edit]

記(き) • (Ki)

Short for 古事記 (Kojiki): the oldest extant record of the history of ancient Japan
a surname

Derived terms[edit]

記紀(きき) (Ki-Ki, “the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki”)

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]

誌

Pronunciation[edit]

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) しるし [shìrúshí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɕiɾɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun[edit]

記(しるし) • (shirushi)

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)

a female given name

References[edit]

↑ ^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))

Hanja form^? of 기 (“to record”).

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

記 (kí, ghi, ký)

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[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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記

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