Hanja Analyzer
紀

紀 — gi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
벼리 기
Romanization
gi
English
record, annal, historical account
Mandarin
jì
Japanese on'yomi
キ
Japanese kun'yomi
おさめる しるす のり
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#780 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
糸 (120, 3 residual)
Phonetic component
己
Unicode
U+7D00

Parts that make up 紀

  • 糸 실 사, 가는실 멱 꼬아 놓은 실타래실·천·끈, 그리고 잇고 매는 일
  • 己 몸 기sound 굽어 감긴 끈자기 자신. ‘기’ 계열의 소리

How 紀 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 紀 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 糸, 己.

Korean example words with 紀

  • 군기軍紀 Korean gloss: 군대의 기강
  • 영기營紀 Korean gloss: 군영의 기강
  • 당기黨紀 Korean gloss: 당의 기율(紀律)
  • 궁기宮紀 Korean gloss: 궁중의 기율(紀律)
  • 관기官紀 Korean gloss: 관리들이 지켜야 할 규율
  • 세기世紀 Korean gloss: 일정한 역사적 시대나 연대
  • 기강紀綱 Korean gloss: 규율과 법도를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 기년紀年 Korean gloss: 일정한 기원으로부터 계산한 햇수
  • 기원紀元 Korean gloss: 새로운 출발이 되는 시대나 시기
  • 윤기倫紀 Korean gloss: 윤리와 기강(紀綱)을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 기율紀律 Korean gloss: 도덕상으로 여러 사람에게 행위의 표준이 될 만한 질서
  • 강기綱紀 Korean gloss: 사람이 지켜야 할 도리인 삼강오상(三綱五常)과 기율(紀律)

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 紀

  • 世紀せいき century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
  • 二十世紀にじっせいき twentieth century; Nijisseiki pear (variety of nashi); Nijusseiki pear
  • 世紀末せいきまつ end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction)
  • 紀行きこう traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue
  • 紀元前きげんぜん pre-era; BC; BCE
  • 紀元きげん era; CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)
  • 綱紀粛正こうきしゅくせい enforcement of official discipline; tightening of discipline; eliminating corruption among government officials
  • 綱紀こうき law and order; (official) discipline
  • 前世紀ぜんせいき last century; previous century; ancient times
  • 第三紀だいさんき Tertiary period
  • 風紀ふうき public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior
  • 白亜紀はくあき Cretaceous period

Characters sharing the phonetic 己

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “기”

Other hanja with radical 糸

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