Wiktionary

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

Derived characters

edit

References

edit
  • 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

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

Pronunciation

edit
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
Baxter kiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kɨH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kɨH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kieH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɨH/
Li
Rong 		/kiəH/
Wang
Li 		/kĭəH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gei3
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/

Definitions

edit

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. notation; mark; note; seal; sign; ideogram
    暗記／暗记  ―  ànjì  ―  secret mark
  5. birthmark (a mark on the skin formed before birth) (Classifier: 塊／块 m)
  6. (Guangdong, Hong Kong, Taiwan) 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. (Cantonese) Suffix to show affection.
    老友記／老友记 [Cantonese]  ―  lou5 jau5 gei3 [Jyutping]  ―  good friend
  8. (Cantonese) Suffix on shortened forms.
    牛記笠記／牛记笠记 [Cantonese]  ―  ngau4 gei3 lap1 gei3 [Jyutping]  ―  jeans and T-shirt; casual wear
    銅記／铜记 [Cantonese]  ―  tung4 gei3 [Jyutping]  ―  Causeway Bay
  9. Classifier for blows. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
    一記耳光／一记耳光  ―  yī jì ěrguāng  ―  a slap in the face
  10. a surname: Ji

Synonyms

edit
  • (to remember):
  • (notation):

Compounds

edit

Descendants

edit
Sino-Xenic (記):
  • → Japanese: 記(き) (ki)
  • → Vietnamese: kí (記)

Others:

  • → Vietnamese: ghi

References

edit

Japanese

edit

Kanji

edit
記

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

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

Readings

edit

Compounds

edit
Compounds

Etymology 1

edit
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/.

Pronunciation

edit

Affix

edit

記(き) • (ki) 

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

Noun

edit

記(き) • (ki) 

  1. a chronicle

Suffix

edit

記(き) • (-ki) 

  1. chronicle, history, account, record

Proper noun

edit

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
edit

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

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

記(しるし) • (shirushi) 

  1. 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) 

  1. a female given name

References

edit
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

edit

Hanja

edit

記 (eumhun 기록할 기 (girokhal gi))

  1. hanja form? of 기 (“to record”)

Vietnamese

edit

Han character

edit

記: Hán Nôm readings: kí, ghi, ký

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=記&oldid=80119894"