紀

epoch; chronicle; account; narrative; history; annals; geologic period

9 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 780.

Readings

• キ (on reading): 世紀 (せいき) century; 紀元前 (きげんぜん) pre-era

Components

• 糸
• 己
• 小 radical small
• 已 radical oneself; already, 己 forms
• 幺 radical short thread
• 糸 radical thread

Words using 紀

• 世紀 (せいき) century
• 紀元前 (きげんぜん) pre-era
• 日本書紀 (にほんしょき) Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE)
• 世紀末 (せいきまつ) end of a century (esp. 19th)
• 紀 (き) period

82 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists