记記 jì — to record, to write down; to remember, to bear in mind; a note, an account; a mark
jì (fourth tone, falling)
Traditional: 記
to record, to write down; to remember, to bear in mind; a note, an account; a mark
5 strokesRadical 言Frequency #261
Pinyin
- jì (fourth tone, falling)
to record, to write down; to remember, to bear in mind; a note, an account; a mark
Character breakdown
Ideographic description
⿰讠己The sequence reads left to right and describes how the parts are arranged.
- 讠meaning partno entry yetThe speech radical: what is recorded is words.
- 己sound partno entry yet己 jǐ for the sound; on its own it means "oneself".
Mnemonic
Speech 讠 with 己 jǐ for the sound: words set down so they are not lost. Memory and the written record are the same idea here — 日记 a diary, 记者 a reporter, 记得 to remember, 记住 to fix in mind. Take care with the right-hand element: 己 jǐ has an open top, 已 yǐ "already" is half closed, 巳 sì is closed.
A memory aid written by HSK Guide editors. It is not an etymology and does not describe the historical origin of the character.
Words containing 记
- 记者記者jì (fourth tone, falling) zhě (third tone, dipping)reporter
- 记得記得jìde (fourth tone, falling)to remember, to recall
- 记記jì (fourth tone, falling)to record
- 记录記錄jì (fourth tone, falling) lù (fourth tone, falling)to record
- 忘记忘記wàngjì (fourth tone, falling)to forget
- 记忆記憶jì (fourth tone, falling) yì (fourth tone, falling)to remember
- 记住記住jì (fourth tone, falling) zhu (neutral tone)to remember
- 登记登記dēng (first tone, high and level) jì (fourth tone, falling)to register (one's name)
- 笔记本筆記本bǐjìběn (third tone, dipping)notebook (for writing in)
- 日记日記rì (fourth tone, falling) jì (fourth tone, falling)diary
- 标记標記biāo (first tone, high and level) jì (fourth tone, falling)sign
- 记载記載jì (fourth tone, falling) zǎi (third tone, dipping)to write down
- 笔记筆記bǐ (third tone, dipping) jì (fourth tone, falling)to take down (in writing)
- 牢记牢記láo (second tone, rising) jì (fourth tone, falling)to keep in mind
- 铭记銘記míng (second tone, rising) jì (fourth tone, falling)to engrave in one's memory
- 惦记惦記diàn (fourth tone, falling) jì (fourth tone, falling)to think of
- 书记書記shū (first tone, high and level) ji (neutral tone)secretary
- 记性記性jì (fourth tone, falling) xìng (fourth tone, falling)memory
- 记号記號jì (fourth tone, falling) hao (neutral tone)mark
- 传记傳記zhuàn (fourth tone, falling) jì (fourth tone, falling)biography
- 记忆犹新記憶猶新jì (fourth tone, falling) yì (fourth tone, falling) yóu (second tone, rising) xīn (first tone, high and level)to remain fresh in one's memory (idiom)
Radical 言 — other characters
- 说說shuō (first tone, high and level)to speak, to say, to talk; to explain; to tell off (colloquial)
- 认認rèn (fourth tone, falling)to recognise, to identify; to admit, to acknowledge; to accept as inevitable
- 语語yǔ (third tone, dipping)language, tongue; speech, words; a saying
- 让讓ràng (fourth tone, falling)to let, to allow; to make or cause someone to do something; to yield, to give way, to give up a seat
- 话話huà (fourth tone, falling)speech, words, what is said; a language or dialect; to talk about
- 识識shí (second tone, rising) zhì (fourth tone, falling)to know, to recognise; knowledge; (zhì) to record, an inscription
- 请請qǐng (third tone, dipping)please; to ask, to request; to invite; to treat someone (to a meal)
- 读讀dú (second tone, rising)to read; to read aloud; to study, to attend school
- 谢謝xiè (fourth tone, falling)to thank; thanks; (of flowers) to wither, to fade; Xie, a common surname