Kanji1 / 9
紀 kanji
chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
キ
Kun readings
NoneWords with 紀
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —書紀Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan
- —紀伊Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
- —続紀Shoku Nihongi (second of the six classical Japanese history texts)
- —年紀year; years; period; age
- —一世紀century
- —紀元後post-era
- —紀行文travel writing; travel piece; traveller's journal; traveler's journal
- —今世紀this century
- —三畳紀Triassic period
- —新世紀new century
- —前世紀last century; previous century; ancient times; old times
- —白亜紀Cretaceous period
- —半世紀half century
- —来世紀next century
- —石炭紀Carboniferous period
- —新紀元new era; new epoch
- —第三紀Tertiary period
- —紀元節Empire Day (February 11th; national holiday held from 1872 to 1948)
- —千年紀millennium
- —日本紀Rikkokushi (six national histories of Japan compiled in the Nara and Heian periods); Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan