Learn Chinese Characters

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

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

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.

Qǐngto ask记住jì zhùto rememberIdeof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.