記

Stroke order

記 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜口尸山 (YRSU), four-corner 0761₇, composition ⿰訁己 or ⿰訁巳)

• 𥱬, 䓽, 𭵮, 𣉸, 𪡴, 𫂮/𫍕

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1149, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35244
• Dae Jaweon: page 1615, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3943, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8A18

Historical forms of the character 記
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kɯs): semantic 言 (“speech; words”) + phonetic 己 (OC *kɯʔ).

記

1. to record; to mark; to note

   記日記／记日记  ―  jì rìjì  ―  to keep a diary

   你記下我的電話號碼吧。 [MSC, trad.]
   你记下我的电话号码吧。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ jì xià wǒ de diànhuà hàomǎ ba.

   Please jot down my phone number.

2. to keep in mind; remember

   也許我記錯了。／也许我记错了。  ―  Yěxǔ wǒ jì cuò le.  ―  Perhaps I remembered wrongly.

   你嗰句說話我記得好清楚。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   你嗰句说话我记得好清楚。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ go² geoi³ syut³ waa⁶ ngo⁵ gei³ dak¹ hou² cing¹ co².

   I remember that sentence that you said very well.

3. record; chronicle

   遊記／游记  ―  yóujì  ―  travel notes

   《石鐘山記》／《石钟山记》  ―  “Shízhōngshān Jì”  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. notation; mark; note; seal; sign; ideogram

   暗記／暗记  ―  ànjì  ―  secret mark

5. birthmark (a mark on the skin formed before birth) (Classifier: 塊／块 m)
6. (Guangdong, Hong Kong, Taiwan) Suffix for restaurants, stores, etc.

   李錦記 [Cantonese, trad.]
   李锦记 [Cantonese, simp.]

   lei⁵ gam² gei³

   Lee Kum Kee (food company founded by Lee Kum Sheung)

   M記／M记 [Cantonese]  ―  em¹ gei³   ―  (slang) McDonald's

7. (Cantonese) Suffix to show affection.

   老友記／老友记 [Cantonese]  ―  lou⁵ jau⁵ gei³   ―  good friend

8. (Cantonese) Suffix on shortened forms.

   牛記笠記／牛记笠记 [Cantonese]  ―  ngau⁴ gei³ lap¹ gei³   ―  jeans and T-shirt; casual wear

   銅記／铜记 [Cantonese]  ―  tung⁴ gei³   ―  Causeway Bay

9. Classifier for blows. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

   一記耳光／一记耳光  ―  yī jì ěrguāng  ―  a slap in the face

10. a surname: Ji

• (to remember):

• (notation):

• (birthmark): 胎記／胎记 (tāijì)

Others:

• → Vietnamese: ghi

• “Entry #6692”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• “記”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

1. statement
2. inscription
3. mention
4. describe
5. mark
6. Kojiki

• Go-on: こ (ko)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: しるし (shirushi)、しるす (shirusu, 記す, Jōyō)
• Nanori: とし (toshi)、なり (nari)、のり (nori)、ふさ (fusa)、ふみ (fumi)、よし (yoshi)

⟨ki₂⟩ → */kɨ/ → /ki/

From Middle Chinese 記 (MC kiH).

In Old Japanese, this kanji was used as man'yōgana to transcribe /ki₂/.

• (Tokyo) き (Atamadaka – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

記(き) • (ki) 

1. to record; to mark
2. to remember; to keep in mind

記(き) • (ki) 

1. a chronicle

記(き) • (-ki) 

1. chronicle, history, account, record

記(き) • (Ki) 

1. Short for 古事記 (Kojiki): the oldest extant record of the history of ancient Japan
2. a surname

• 記紀(きき) (Ki-Ki, “the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki”)

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 記す (shirusu, “to write down (a historical account)”).

Cognate with 印 (shirushi, “mark, print”)^[1]

• 誌

• (Tokyo) しるし (Heiban – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

記(しるし) • (shirushi) 

1. a (written) chronicle

From 文, 書 (fumi, “writing”).

記(ふみ) • (Fumi) 

1. a female given name

記 (eumhun 기록할 기 (girokhal gi))

1. hanja form^? of 기 (“to record”)

記: Hán Việt readings: kí, ký
記: Nôm readings: ghi

記

1. chữ Hán form of kí (“to sign (to write one's signature)”).
2. chữ Nôm form of ghi (“to write something for the record, (computing) to write, (literary) to remember; to keep remembrances”).

sc=Hani

記

1. chữ Hán form of kí (“a written record or chronicle”).

   創世記 ― Sáng thế kí ― Genesis