記事

See also: 记事

Chinese

 
to remember; to note; mark
to remember; to note; mark; sign; to record
 
matter; thing; item
matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (記事)
simp. (记事)

Pronunciation


Note: Erhua - especially the sense “to start to form memories”.

Verb

記事

  1. to keep a record of events
  2. to start to form memories after one's infancy

Derived terms

Noun

記事

  1. record; chronicle (Classifier: )

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 記事记事 (kiH dzriH, literally record + affair, event). Compare modern Mandarin reading jìshì.

Pronunciation

Noun

()() • (kiji) 

  1. an article, a written news story, such as in a newspaper or magazine or on a website
    ブログ記事(きじ)
    burogu no kiji
    blog entry
  2. a private history, as opposed to the 正史 (seishi, official history)
  3. (obsolete) in the Nara period, an official under the 按察使 (azechi, regional administration authority)

Synonyms

  • (private history): 私史(しし) (shishi)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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