Chinese symbol for “memorize”
记
jì
Traditional: 記
to record; to note; to memorize; to remember
The closest CC-CEDICT match for memorize is 记 (jì), defined as: to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “memorize”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 记.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 记者 (記者) | jì zhě | reporter; journalist; 个 (gè) |
| 记录 (記錄) | jì lù | to record; record (esp. a written account) |
| 记得 (記得) | jì de | to remember |
| 书记 (書記) | shū ji | secretary (head of a Communist Party or Communist Youth League organization); clerk; scribe |
| 忘记 (忘記) | wàng jì | to forget |
| 记忆 (記憶) | jì yì | to remember; to recall; memory |
See also: Japanese symbol for “memorize”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.