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紀 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「糸」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
On
キき · ki
Kun
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Meaning
chronicle; era; account

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

糸 "thread" plus 己; putting the thread-ends in order — hence "to set in order, a chronicle, an era."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキきki紀行きこう紀元きげん風紀ふうき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 世紀せいき

    century

  • 紀行きこう

    travel account

More words with this kanji

  • 白堊紀はくあき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

二十(にじゅう)一(いち)世紀(せいき)に生(う)まれた。

I was born in the twenty-first century.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

世紀紀行紀世world行to go素elemen…経to pas…統to uni…絶to cea…総all規standa…基founda…寄to dra…喜to rej…几small…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 糸Map of reading キAll maps

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