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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jì | ji4
English translation
mark, sign; to note, to record

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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A private  note  yán also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

言己

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
记者 jìzhě reporter記者
记得 jìde to remember記得
to record
记录 jìlù to record記錄
忘记 wàngjì to forget忘記
记住 jì zhu to remember記住
记忆 jìyì to remember記憶
登记 dēngjì to register (one's name)登記
书记 shūji clerk書記
笔记本 bǐjìběn notebook (stationery)筆記本
日记 rìjì diary日記
标记 biāojì sign標記
记载 jìzǎi to write down記載
笔记 bǐ jì notes筆記
副书记 fù shū ji deputy secretary副書記
总书记 zǒng shū ji general secretary (of the Communist Party)總書記
记号 jì hao mark記號
印记 yìn jì imprint印記
铭记 míng jì to engrave in one's memory銘記
记忆力 jì yì lì faculty of memory記憶力
牢记 láo jì to keep in mind牢記
惦记 diànjì to think of惦記
记性 jìxìng memory (ability to retain information)記性
传记 zhuànjì biography傳記

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