Chinese Character 记 Meanings and components.

Form

记

Meaning

记 meaning[3] in English

To Record.

To Note.

To Memorize.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 记 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'speech' or 'words' … (讠) , and self (己)

Its radical[1] is: 言 (yan2) which means: Words, Speech, To Say, To Talk, .言yan2words

In cangjie it is written with IVSU

How to write 记

To write记ji4to record you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 己ji3self arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 己 = 记

记 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 记 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 记, looks as follow:

记
Pinyin:ji4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Record . To Note . To Memorize . To Remember . Mark . Sign . Classifier For Blows, Kicks, Shots
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
己
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Self . Oneself . Sixth Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . Sixth In Order . Letter 'F' Or Roman 'Vi' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Hexa

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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