Chinese Character Wiki
記

jì

record

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 己 represents the sound.

Components
言 meaning component

言  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

己 sound component

己  Sound component

jǐ

  

self

Evolution

記 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
記 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
記 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
記 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

记 (記) 

jì

record; keep in mind, remember; to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots

Most common words with 記
Freq.
Word
Meaning

记者

reporter

记得

to remember

记

to record

记录

to record

忘记

to forget

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.k(r)ə(ʔ)-s

kiH

jì

remember; record (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 95.6431% of movies

212th most common character in movies

306th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Simplified

记

Unicode

U+8A18

Shuowen

“記，疏也。从言，己聲。”


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