记 jì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 己 self, oneself
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
记载
jìzǎi
to record
Characters in this word
载 zǎi
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 戈 — spear, lance, halberd
- Made of
- 哉 final exclamatory particle 车 cart, vehicle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 书中有记载。 Shū zhōng yǒu jìzǎi. There are records in the book.
- 这里有记载。 Zhèlǐ yǒu jìzǎi. There are records here.
- 老师记载日期。 Lǎoshī jìzǎi rìqī. The teacher records the date.