記事

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See also: 记事

Chinese

to remember; to note; mark
to remember; to note; mark; sign; to record
 
matter; thing; item
matter; thing; item; work; affair
 
trad. (記事) 記 事
simp. (记事) 记 事

Pronunciation

Note: Erhua - especially the sense “to start to form memories”.

Verb

記事

  1. to keep a record of events
  2. to start to form memories after one's infancy

Derived terms

Noun

記事

  1. record; chronicle (Classifier: 個／个)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (記事):
  • → Vietnamese: kí sự (記事)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
記 事
き
Grade: 2 		じ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 記事／记事 (kiH dzriH, literally “record + affair, event”). Compare modern Mandarin reading jìshì.

Pronunciation

Noun

記(き)事(じ) • (kiji) 

  1. an article, a written news story, such as in a newspaper or magazine or on a website
    ブログの記事(きじ)
    burogu no kiji
    blog entry
  2. a private history, as opposed to the 正史 (seishi, “official history”)
  3. (obsolete) in the Nara period, an official under the 按察使 (azechi, “regional administration authority”)

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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