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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kɯs): semantic 言 (“speech; words”) + phonetic 己 (OC *kɯʔ).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ

(Chengdu, SP): ji⁴

(Dungan, Cyrillic): җи (ži, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): gei³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gi¹
Gan (Wiktionary): ji⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ki

(Meixian, Guangdong): ki⁴
Min Bei (KCR): gi̿
Min Dong (BUC): gé
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kì

(Teochew, Peng'im): gi³
Wu (Wiktionary): ji (T2)
Xiang (Wiktionary): ji⁴

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/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: җи (ži, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei³
  - Yale: gei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ji⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki
  - Hakka Romanization System: gi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ki⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /cʰi⁵³/
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/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ji⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁴⁵/

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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei³

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

記住／记住 (jìzhù)
記分／记分 (jìfēn)
記分員／记分员
記功／记功
記取／记取 (jìqǔ)
記名／记名
記問／记问
記室／记室
記帳／记帐 (jìzhàng)
記得／记得 (jìde)
記心／记心 (jìxīn)
記念／记念
記性／记性 (jìxìng)
記恨／记恨 (jìhèn)
記憶／记忆 (jìyì)
記憶力／记忆力 (jìyìlì)
記憶單元／记忆单元
記憶容量／记忆容量
記憶猶新／记忆犹新 (jìyìyóuxīn)
記憶體／记忆体 (jìyìtǐ)
記掛／记挂 (jìguà)
記敘／记叙 (jìxù)
記敘文／记叙文 (jìxùwén)
記池／记池 (kì-tî) (Min Nan)
記省／记省
記示／记示 (kì-sī) (Min Nan)
記罣／记罣
記者／记者 (jìzhě)
記者節／记者节
記色／记色
記著／记着 (jìzhe)
記號／记号 (jìhào)
記號環／记号环
記要／记要
記認／记认 (jìrèn)
記誦／记诵 (jìsòng)
記趣／记趣
記載／记载 (jìzǎi)
記述／记述 (jìshù)
記述文學／记述文学
記過／记过 (jìguò)
記錄／记录 (jìlù)
記點／记点
謹記／谨记
讖記／谶记
載記／载记
輿地廣記／舆地广记
述異記／述异记
速記／速记 (sùjì)
造像記／造像记
連記投票／连记投票
連記法／连记法
週記／周记 (zhōujì)
遊記／游记 (yóujì)
還魂記／还魂记
鄴中記／邺中记
金鎖記／金锁记
金雀記／金雀记
釵釧記／钗钏记
鈐記／钤记
銘記／铭记 (míngjì)
銘記在心／铭记在心
附記／附记 (fùjì)
雜記／杂记
離魂記／离魂记
雲仙雜記／云仙杂记
青衫記／青衫记
面月印記／面月印记
音部記號／音部记号
默記／默记

References[edit]

“Entry #6692”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

記

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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: Hán Nôm readings: 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

Contents

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Affix[edit]

Noun[edit]

Suffix[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

References[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

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