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记

jì

record

Simplified form of 記. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 己 represents the sound.

Components
讠 meaning component

讠  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

己 sound component

己  Sound component

jǐ

  

self

Evolution

记 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
记 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Traditional script

Modern
记 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

记 (記) 

jì

record; keep in mind, remember; to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots

Most common words with 记
Freq.
Word
Meaning

记者

reporter

记得

to remember

记

to record

记录

to record

忘记

to forget

Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 95.6431% of movies

212th most common character in movies

306th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

記

Unicode

U+8BB0


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