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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N3

149 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: scribe, account, narrative

Kunyomi: しる.す

Onyomi: キ

Composition: 言 己

記

Radical

Radical: 言

Reading: ごんべん

Meaning: speech

Strokes: 7

Reading: ごんべん

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Examples

Examples with audio

記事(きじ)   news story

記者(きしゃ)   reporter

記号(きごう)   symbol

記念日(きねんび)   anniversary, memorial day

日記(にっき)   diary

伝記(でんき)   biography

下記(かき)   things mentioned below (writing)

記憶する(きおくする)   remember

記録する(きろくする)   record, document [v.t.]

記入する(きにゅうする)   fill in forms

暗記する(あんきする)   memorize, learn by heart

記す(しるす)   write down

Onyomi Examples

記 (キ) account, history, chronicle, annals, record, notice, note, as follows, Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE), Records of Ancient Matters

記憶 (キオク) memory, recollection, remembrance, memory, storage

手記 (シュキ) note, memorandum, memo, memoirs, personal account

左記 (サキ) undermentioned (statement), the following, at left

Kunyomi Examples

記す (しるす) to write down, to note down, to jot down, to take a note of, to mention, to describe, to give an account of, to inscribe, to mark, to brand, to remember, to engrave (in one's mind)

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