記

See also: 记

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

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𥱬, 䓽, 𭵮, 𣉸, 𪡴, 𫂮/𫍕

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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Chinese

trad.		記
simp.		记
alternative forms		記󠄂

Glyph origin

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／形声, OC *kɯs) : semantic 言 (“speech; words”) + phonetic 己 (OC *kɯʔ).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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 usage 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

References

• “Entry #6692”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

記

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

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

Readings

• 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

Compounds

• 記(き)事(じ) (kiji)
• 記(き)者(しゃ) (kisha)
• 記(き)念(ねん) (kinen)
• 記(き)録(ろく) (kiroku)
• 伝(でん)記(き) (denki)
• 日(にっ)記(き) (nikki)
• 筆(ひっ)記(き) (hikki)
• 伝(しるし)記(ぶみ) (shirushibumi)

Etymology 1

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

⟨ki₂⟩ → */kɨ/ → /ki/

From Middle Chinese 記 (MC kiH).

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

Affix

記(き) • (ki) 

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

Noun

記(き) • (ki) 

1. a chronicle

Suffix

記(き) • (-ki) 

1. chronicle, history, account, record

Proper noun

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

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

Etymology 2

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”)

Alternative forms

• 誌

Noun

記(しるし) • (shirushi) 

1. a (written) chronicle

Etymology 3

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

From 文, 書 (fumi, “writing”).

Proper noun

記(ふみ) • (Fumi) 

1. a female given name

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Korean

Hanja

記 (eumhun 기록할 기 (girokhal gi))

1. hanja form^? of 기 (“to record”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

記: Hán Nôm readings: kí, ghi, ký

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