Zi:记
记(F記) [jì] 记得 remember; 记录, 记载 record/note; 注记 annotation
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►¹jì 记[記] {A} v. ①remember; bear in mind; commit to memory ②write down; record ◆b.f. ①notes; records ►jìlù 记录 ②classical works recording events ►Shǐjì 史记 ③mark; sign ►biāojì 标记 ④seal ►¹tújì 图记 ◆n. birthmark ◆m. 〈environment:〉 topo. (for slaps)
The Shuōwén Seal form of 记/記() jì ‘record/note’ (疏/疋: 疏记) combines 讠/言 (yán) ‘direct speech’, and 己() jǐ ‘self’ (phonosemantic): note to self, remember this; later also wr. 纪/紀().
Note: The self is defined by one's accumulated memories (notes/history) of scattered past/remote experiences (good and bad, in the turning world).
Compare: 己() jǐ ‘(winding/turning) circumpolar stars; navel/self’.
Compare: 纪/紀() jì ‘separate/untangle strands/threads’ (纪/记念 jìniàn ‘momento’).
Compare: 忌() jì ‘envy/detest (grudge)’; 改() gǎi ‘change/transform’ (oneself).
►references: Wieger:84a; Henshall:95; Karlgren:AD319; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:6.3944.1; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:020.0.09; EDOC:0
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