Chinese Character Wiki
纪

jì, jǐ

record

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 己 represents the sound. Simplified form of 紀.

Components
纟 meaning component

纟  Meaning component

mì, sī

  

silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

己 sound component

己  Sound component

jǐ

  

self

Evolution

纪 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
纪 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
纪 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
纪 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

纪 (紀) 

jì

record, annal, historical account; order; discipline; age; era; period; to chronicle

纪 (紀) 

Jǐ

surname Ji; also pr. [Jì]

Most common words with 纪
Freq.
Word
Meaning

世纪

century

年纪

age

纪念

to commemorate

纪录

to record

经纪人

broker

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 49.0149% of movies

833rd most common character in movies

584th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

紀

Unicode

U+7EAA


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