Onyomi: キ · Kunyomi: しる.す · Meanings: account, narrative, scribe
Kanji for account, narrative, scribe
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記 is formed from 言, the speech radical on the left, and 己 on the right. 言 relates to words or communication, while 己 originally represents oneself. Together, they express the idea of recording or writing something about oneself or events. From this idea, 記 came to mean to write down, record, or note.
記 shows writing words about something, meaning to record or note.
記 is used when recording or noting information. It represents writing down details or keeping a record. Remember 記 as meaning “to write down” or “record.”
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 記 | き | account, history, chronicle, annals, record | Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 記録 | きろく | record, document, minutes, recording, putting on record, keeping a record (of), writing down | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 記憶 | きおく | memory, recollection, remembrance | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 記事 | きじ | article, news story, report, account | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 記号 | きごう | sign, symbol, mark | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 記入 | きにゅう | entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.), filling in, filling out | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 記者 | きしゃ | reporter, journalist | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 記念 | きねん | commemoration, celebration, remembrance, memory, honoring the memory of | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 記述 | きじゅつ | description, account | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 記載 | きさい | mention (in a document), record, entry, statement, listing | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |