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
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