HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Thinking

记 jì “to remember” in Chinese

Traditional 記

What 记 means

  1. to remember
  2. to write down
  3. to record
  4. to note
  5. to memorise
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • mark
  • sign

How to say 记

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale记jì4th tone, falling

记 in a sentence

  1. 我开始记起来了。

    Wǒ kāishǐ jì qǐlai le.

    I’m starting to remember.

    Sentence #405087 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你记得你父亲的生日吗？

    Nǐ jìde nǐ fùqīn de shēngrì ma?

    Do you remember your father’s birthday?

    Sentence #937642 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你应该做笔记。

    Nǐ yīnggāi zuò bǐjì.

    You should take notes.

    Sentence #5571039 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 记 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 记 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
记jìto record
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 己self · jǐ

Memory aidSpeech 讠 with 己 (jǐ) for the sound: to note down, to remember.

How to write 记

记 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

记 (jì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 记 (jì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 记

Words with 记

记得jìde · remember忘记wàngjì · forget笔记bǐjì · notes笔记本bǐjìběn · notebook记者jìzhě · reporter日记rìjì · diary记忆jìyì · to remember登记dēngjì · to register (one’s name)记录jìlù · to record记载jìzǎi · to record

More words: Thinking & Feeling

想到xiǎngdào · to think of感到gǎndào · to feel怕pà · to fear关注guānzhù · to pay close attention to心里xīnlǐ · in one’s heart懂得dǒngde · to understand喜爱xǐ'ài · to like感gǎn · (suffix) sense of …

FAQs

记 (jì) means “to remember” or “to write down”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it jì: jì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 记 is written 記. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 记 from the suggestions. Typing ji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
记 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 4 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.