记 (jì): to remember, to record
记 (jì) is a Chinese character meaning “to remember, to record.” Classified as HSK Level 2 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (structural) and 己 (structural). It ranks #306 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 记 a private 己 note 讠; 己 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge), 诉 (sù, to complain).
Definitions
- to remember, to record
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA private 己 note 讠; 己 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰讠己 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 记
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 记得verb | jì de | to remember | 2 |
| 记录verb/noun | jì lù | to record | 5 |
| 忘记verb | wàng jì | to forget | 3 |
| 记忆verb/noun | jì yì | to remember | 5 |
| 记者 | jì zhě | reporter | 4 |
| 登记verb | dēng jì | to register (one's name) | 5 |
| 日记noun | rì jì | diary | 4 |
| 笔记本noun | bǐ jì běn | notebook (stationery) () | 3 |
| 笔记noun | bǐ jì | to take down (in writing) | 3 |
| 记载verb | jì zǎi | to write down | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 记住 | jì zhu | to remember |
| 标记 | biāo jì | sign |
| 记号 | jì hao | mark |
| 印记 | yìn jì | imprint |
| 铭记 | míng jì | to engrave in one's memory |
| 记忆力 | jì yì lì | faculty of memory |
| 惦记 | diàn jì | to think of |
| 记性 | jì xing | memory (ability to retain information) |
| 牢记 | láo jì | to keep in mind |
| 记事本 | jì shì běn | notebook |
| 记事 | jì shì | to keep a record of events |
| 胎记 | tāi jì | birthmark |
| 传记 | zhuàn jì | biography |
| 记录片 | jì lù piàn | variant of 紀錄片|纪录片[ji4 lu4 pian4] |
| 记分 | jì fēn | to keep score |
记 appears in 100 compound words: 42 as the first character, 49 as the last, and 9 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 记 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (11)
synonym of 博學強記 /博学强记 (bóxuéqiángjì, “to have a lot of knowledge and a good memory”)
The Travels of Lao Tsan, novel by late Qing novelist Liu E 劉鶚|刘鹗[Liu2 E4]
Showing 9 of 11 idioms containing 记.
Example Sentences
请记下这个电话号码，以后有问题可以直接联系。
Qǐng jì xià zhè gè diànhuà hàomǎ, yǐhòu yǒu wèntí kěyǐ zhíjiē liánxì.
Please write down this phone number; you can contact directly if you have questions later.
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你记不记得我们认识的那一天？
Nǐ jì bù jìde wǒmen rènshi de nà yī tiān?
Do you remember the day we met?
我怎能忘记那些日子呢？
Wǒ zěnnéng wàngjì nàxiē rìzi ne?
How can I forget those days?
没有人忘记做功课吧？
Méiyǒurén wàngjì zuò gōngkè ba?
No one has forgotten to do the homework, right?
你把数字记熟了吗？
Nǐ bǎ shùzì jì shú le ma?
Have you learned the number by heart?
Character Family
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