記
scribe, account, narrative
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
24 of 747- 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
Study
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.