Meaning
to remember; to note; mark; sign; to record
Chinese: 记住、记录或标记。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “ji” becomes a different word in each tone. 记 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 记得jì deto remember
- 忘记wàng jìto forget
- 记住jì zhuto remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart
- 笔记本bǐ jì běnnotebook (stationery) (; (computing) laptop; notebook
- 笔记bǐ jìto take down (in writing); notes; a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches
Example Sentence
请记住我的电话号码。Qǐng jì zhù wǒ de diàn huà hào mǎ.Please remember my phone number.
请Qǐngto ask记住jì zhùto remember我wǒI的deof电话diàn huàtelephone号码hào mǎnumber。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The speech radical 讠 plus 己 (sound): to fix words down — ‘to record, write down, note; to remember, bear in mind; a mark; notes, a record’ (记得, 记录, 日记). Simplified from 記.
A way to remember it
Speech (讠) fixed down — to record; to remember.