记

jì

to record

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

speech (讠) + self (己) = to record and remember

Recording involves using language to capture thoughts for yourself or others. The self component emphasizes the personal act of committing information to memory or written form.

讠+己→记
己SelfSemantic
讠SpeechSemantic

请把这个地址记下来。

qǐng bǎ zhè ge dì zhǐ jì xià lái。

Please write down this address.

我记不住这么多新单词。

wǒ jì bu zhù zhème duō xīn dān cí。

I can't memorize so many new words.

Words with 记

记住

jì zhu

to remember

记念

jì niàn

to commemorate; to honor the memory of (variant of 紀念|纪念[ji4 nian4])

记念

jì nian

to keep thinking of; to miss

记号

jì hao

mark

史记

shǐ jì

Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]

书记

shū ji

secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party)

无记名

wú jì míng

(of a document) not bearing a name

笔记本

bǐ jì běn

notebook (stationery) (CL:本[ben3])

切记

qiè jì

remember at all costs

谨记

jǐn jì

to remember with reverence

速记员

sù jì yuán

stenographer

速记

sù jì

shorthand

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