漢字道KANJIDO

9 strokesRadical

6Elementary year 59 strokesRadical
On
Kun
Meaning
chronicle; era; account

Origin

ORIGIN

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

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

紀行・紀元・風紀

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

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

二十一世紀に生まれた。

I was born in the twenty-first century.

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