Memory phrase for the Kanji: 記


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Meaning

report, record, account, chronicle

Pronunciation

KI

Explanation

Left: word (sound waves out of a mouth ), right: self (Following the winding path I find myself.)

Mnemonic

The words themselves make the report/record.

Radicals

word, speechSound waves above the opened mouth symbolize the spoken word.
I, myself
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Vocabulary

 記す  しるす  to note, to write down
 暗記  あんき  memorization, learning by heart
 伝記  でんき  biography, life story
 日記  にっき  diary, journal
 筆記  ひっき  (taking) notes, copying
 記事  きじ  article, news story, report, account
 記入  きにゅう  entry/filling in of forms
 記号  きごう  symbol/code
 記名  きめい  signature, register


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