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記

scribe, account, narrative

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · grade 2FrequencyTop 200Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • キ

Kun'yomi

  • しる.す

Nanori

  • のり

Meaning

記 centers on putting something into a lasting written form: recording, writing down, or composing a narrative account. The scribe sense is the person who does this recording.

Most common words using 記

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  • 記事きじ
    N3

    article; news story; report; account

  • 記念きねん
    N3

    commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memory; honoring the memory of

  • 記録きろく
    N3

    record; document; minutes; log; recording; putting on record; keeping a record (of); writing down

  • 記憶きおく
    N3

    memory; recollection; remembrance

  • 記者きしゃ
    N3

    reporter; journalist

  • 記載きさい
    N1

    mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing

  • 上記じょうき

    above-mentioned; above-named; above

  • 日記にっき
    N5

    diary; journal

  • 表記ひょうき
    N1

    expression in writing; written representation; notation; transcription; orthography

  • 下記かき

    the following

  • 記述きじゅつ
    N1

    description; account

  • 記すしるす
    N1

    to write down; to note down; to jot down; to take a note of

  • 明記めいき
    N1

    clear writing; specification

  • 記号きごう
    N2

    sign; symbol; mark

  • 記入きにゅう
    N3

    entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out

  • 登記とうき
    N1

    registry; registration

  • 暗記あんき
    N3

    memorization; memorisation; learning by heart

  • 簿記ぼき

    bookkeeping

  • 書記しょき
    N1

    clerk; secretary

  • 筆記ひっき
    N2

    (taking) notes; copying

  • 伝記でんき
    N2

    biography; life story

  • 手記しゅき
    N1

    note; memorandum; memo

  • 併記へいき

    writing side by side; writing (down) together; writing (down) both

  • 前記ぜんき

    aforesaid; above-mentioned; said; above

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Etymology

記 combines 言 (speech, words) with 己, which likely contributes the sound and may have originally represented a thread or record-keeping tool, together suggesting written records.

Meaning mnemonic

Words 言 are tied together with a thread-like 己 to create a lasting record. Imagine a scribe binding spoken words into a written account.

Reading mnemonic

For キ, picture a scribe using a key to lock the written record in a chest: key -> キ, and the words are safely recorded.