紀 — kanji meaning “chronicle”
紀
chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period
- Meanings
- chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period
- On'yomi
- キ (ki)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- おさむ、ただす、とし、とも、のり、もと
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #780 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 120
- Chinese reading
- jì — Chinese character page
Words with 紀
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 世紀 | せいき seiki | century |
| 紀元前 | きげんぜん kigenzen | pre-era; BC; BCE |
| 紀行 | きこう kikou | traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue |
| 紀元 | きげん kigen | era |
| 風紀 | ふうき fuuki | public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior |
| 綱紀 | こうき kouki | law and order; (official) discipline |
| 今世紀 | こんせいき konseiki | this century |
| 日本書紀 | にほんしょき nihonshoki | Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan |
| 紀伊 | きい kii | Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures) |
| 四半世紀 | しはんせいき shihanseiki | quarter of a century |
| 紀要 | きよう kiyou | bulletin; memoirs |
| 紀伊國屋 | きのくにや kinokuniya | Kinokuniya |
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