记

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to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A private 己 note 讠; 己 also provides the pronunciation

Components 讠己

remember · Heisig RSH #518

words + snake

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
记得	jì de	to remember
记住	jì zhu	to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart
忘记	wàng jì	to forget
大人不记小人过	dà rén bù jì xiǎo rén guò	a person of great moral stature does not remember the offenses committed by one of low mor…
长记性	zhǎng jì xing	(coll.) to learn one's lesson; to have enough sense to learn from one's mistakes
石头记	Shí tou Jì	The Story of the Stone, another name for A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢\|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4]
不记名	bù jì míng	see 無記名\|无记名[wu2 ji4 ming2]
以斯拉记	Yǐ sī lā Jì	Book of Ezra
无记名	wú jì míng	(of a document) not bearing a name; unregistered (financial securities etc); bearer (bond)…
记者会	jì zhě huì	press conference
无国界记者	Wú guó jiè Jì zhě	Reporters Without Borders (pressure group)
民数记	Mín shù jì	Book of Numbers; Fourth Book of Moses
记事本	jì shì běn	notebook; paper notepad; laptop computer
日记本	rì jì běn	diary (book)
记性	jì xing	memory (ability to retain information)
手记	shǒu jì	to take notes; one's notes
记分	jì fēn	to keep score
记法	jì fǎ	notation
路得记	Lù dé jì	Book of Ruth
记在心里	jì zài xīn li	to keep in mind; to store in one's heart; to remember perfectly