紀

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See also: 纪
紀 U+7D00, 紀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D00
← 糿
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 紁 →

紀 U+2F96A, 紀
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F96A
← 糣
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𥾆 →

Translingual

Han character

紀 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女火尸山 (VFSU), four-corner 27917, composition ⿰糹己)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 915, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27234
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1342, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3366, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+7D00

Chinese

trad. 紀
simp. 纪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (己) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
改 *klɯːʔ
跽 *ɡrɯʔ
己 *kɯʔ
紀 *kɯʔ
妀 *kɯʔ
記 *kɯs
杞 *kʰɯʔ
屺 *kʰɯʔ
芑 *kʰɯʔ
邔 *kʰɯʔ, *ɡɯs
玘 *kʰɯʔ
忌 *ɡɯs
鵋 *ɡɯs
誋 *ɡɯs
梞 *ɡɯs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kɯʔ) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 己 (OC *kɯʔ).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • jì - standard in Mainland for senses other than the surname, variant in Mainland for the surname, standard in Taiwan for all senses;
  • jǐ - standard in Mainland for the surname, variant in Taiwan for all senses.
Rime
Character 紀
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居里切
Baxter kiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kɨX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kɨX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɨX/
Li
Rong 		/kiəX/
Wang
Li 		/kĭəX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gei2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 紀
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jǐ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kiX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*k(r)əʔ/
English leading thread

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 紀
Reading # 1/1
No. 5766
Phonetic
component 		己
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese 		/*kɯʔ/

Definitions

紀

  1. rule; discipline
    軍紀／军纪  ―  jūnjì  ―  military discipline
  2. century
  3. (geology) period (geochronologic unit)
    寒武紀／寒武纪  ―  Hánwǔjì  ―  the Cambrian Period
    侏羅紀／侏罗纪  ―  Zhūluójì  ―  the Jurassic Period
  4. a surname
    紀昀／纪昀  ―  Jǐ Yún  ―  Ji Yun (Chinese scholar and official during the Qing dynasty)
  5. Alternative form of 記／记 (jì, “record; annal; historical account”)

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai 紀
Kyūjitai
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紀󠄂
紀+&#xE0102;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

紀

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. narrative; account

Readings

Compounds

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
紀
き
Grade: 5
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 紀 (MC kiX).

Pronunciation

Noun

紀(き) • (ki) 

  1. chronicle, written record
  2. (geology) period
    ジュラ紀(き) ― jura-ki ― Jurassic Period

Proper noun

紀(き) • (Ki) 

  1. a surname
  2. Short for 日本書紀 (Nihon Shoki, “Nihon Shoki”).
  3. Short for 紀伊 (Kii, “Kii Province”).

Affix

紀(き) • (ki) 

  1. rule; regulation
  2. age; era; period
  3. to record; to write down

References

  1. ^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 933 (paper), page 479 (digital)
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

紀 (eumhun 벼리 기 (byeori gi))

  1. hanja form? of 기 (“the guide ropes at the edge of a fishing net, index, contents (of a book)”)

Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

紀: Hán Việt readings: kỉ, kỷ, kỹ, kĩ

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