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Kanji

紀

chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period

Kanji

Grade

Grade 4

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

糸部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

キ

Nanori (Name Reading)

あき, おさ, おさむ, かず, かなめ, こと, しるす, すみ, ただ, ただし, つぐ, つな, とし, のり, はじめ, もと, よし

Common Readings

キ

Example sentences

世紀 せいき
私たちは21世紀に生きている。

We live in the 21st century.

儀式 ぎしき
その伝統的な儀式は、何世紀も受け継がれてきた。

That traditional ceremony has been passed down for centuries.

風紀 ふうき
その学校は風紀が厳しいことで有名だ。

That school is famous for its strict discipline.

世紀末 せいきまつ
世紀末特有の退廃的な雰囲気が漂っている。

The decadent atmosphere unique to the end of the century is in the air.

一世紀 いっせいき
この橋は完成から一世紀経った今も、大勢の人が渡っている。

Even after a century, many people still cross this bridge every day.

紀 き
地質学の授業で、白亜紀の化石について調べた。

I researched fossils from the Cretaceous Period in geology class.

半世紀 はんせいき
半世紀前、この町には映画館があった。

Half a century ago, this town had a movie theater.

紀元前 きげんぜん
紀元前に建てられたピラミッドは、今でも多くの謎に包まれている。

The pyramids built before Christ are still shrouded in many mysteries today.

秦 しん
秦は紀元前221年に初めて中国を統一した。

The Qin dynasty unified China for the first time in 221 BC.

Example Vocabulary

世紀

せいき

century

風紀

ふうき

public morals; discipline; order

世紀末

せいきまつ

end of the century; fin de siècle

一世紀

いっせいき

one century; one hundred years

紀

き

geological period; an interval in the geologic time scale

半世紀

はんせいき

half a century; fifty years

今世紀

こんせいき

紀元前

きげんぜん

Before Christ; B.C.

前世紀

ぜんせいき

二十世紀

にじっせいき

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