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紀 Kanji

紀 means chronicle, account, narrative.

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Meanings

  • chronicle
  • account
  • narrative
  • history
  • annals
  • geologic period

Readings

Onyomi

  • キ

Kunyomi

  • N/A

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Useful words

01

世紀

せいき

century

02

紀元

きげん

era (A.D.)

03

紀元前

きげんぜん

B.C. (Before Christ)

04

風紀

ふうき

public morals

05

紀行

きこう

travelogue

06

世紀末

せいきまつ

end of the century

Compare Kanji

01記Meaning90%scribe, accountChronicles and records meet directly, and both carry the 己-shaped right side.02史Meaning86%history, chronicleHistory is the broad field that gives 紀 its narrative weight.03誌Meaning78%document, recordsA journal or record in 誌 fits the account-keeping side of 紀.04糸Component80%threadThe thread radical on the left marks 紀 as part of the string-and-record family.05己Component72%self己 is the small right-hand form that keeps 紀 from looking like other 糸 kanji.06経Component68%sutra, longitudeBoth start with 糸, but 経 turns thread toward passage or canon instead of annals.

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