Moto 紀: Chronicle; Account; NarrativeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- キ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 74 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (キ)
- 世紀せいきcentury
- 二十世紀にじっせいきtwentieth century
- 世紀末せいきまつend of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
- 紀行きこうtraveller's journal; traveler's journal
- 紀元前きげんぜんpre-era; BC
- デボン紀デボンきDevonian period
- 前世紀ぜんせいきlast century; ancient times
- 白亜紀はくあきCretaceous Period
- 第三紀だいさんきthe Tertiary period
- 紀元きげんera
- 綱紀こうきlaw and order; discipline
- 綱紀粛正こうきしゅくせいenforcement of official discipline; tightening of discipline
- 風紀ふうきpublic morals; discipline
- オルドビス紀オルドビスきOrdovician period
- カンブリア紀カンブリアきCambrian period
- キリスト紀元キリストきげんChristian Era; CE
- シルル紀シルルきSilurian period
- ジュラ紀ジュラきJurassic (period)
- ペルム紀ペルムきPermian period
- 一世紀いっせいきcentury
- 一新紀元いっしんきげんnew era; new age
- 三畳紀さんじょうきTriassic period
- 世紀末的せいきまつてきfin-de-siècle; decadent
- 二畳紀にじょうきPermian period
- 今世紀こんせいきthis century
- 仏滅紀元ぶつめつきげんBuddhist calendar
- 党紀とうきparty discipline
- 前世紀の遺物ぜんせいきのいぶつrelic from an earlier age; something extremely outmoded
- 千年紀せんねんきmillennium
- 半世紀はんせいきhalf century
- 四半世紀しはんせいきquarter of a century
- 奥陶紀おうとうきOrdovician period
- 官紀かんきrules which officials must follow
- 官紀紊乱かんきびんらんlaxity in official discipline; civil service corruption
- 新世紀しんせいきnew century
- 新紀元しんきげんnew era or epoch
- 書紀しょきNihon Shoki; Nihongi
- 来世紀らいせいきnext century
- 校紀こうきschool discipline
- 皇紀こうきImperial era; system of counting years from the start of Emperor Jinmu's reign in 660 BC
- 石炭紀せきたんきthe Carboniferous Period
- 第四紀だいよんきQuaternary period
- 紀きperiod
- 紀事本末体きじほんまつたいtopical-annalistic style (of historical writing)
- 紀伊きいKii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
- 紀伝きでんbiography
- 紀伝体きでんたいannals-biographies form (of historical writing)
- 紀元後きげんごpost-era
- 紀元節きげんせつEmpire Day (February 11th; national holiday held from 1872 to 1948)
- 紀州みかんきしゅうみかんCitrus kinokuni (species of mandarin orange)
- 紀年きねんyears (since the start of an era)
- 紀年法きねんほうcalendar era; year numbering system used by a calendar
- 紀律きりつorder; observance
- 紀念きねんcommemoration; celebration
- 紀行文きこうぶんtravel writing; travel piece
Other readings
- シルリア紀シルルきSilurian period
- 日本後紀にほんこうきNihon Kōki (third of the six classical Japanese history texts)
- 日本書紀にほんしょきNihon Shoki; Nihongi
- 日本紀にほんぎRikkokushi (esp. Nihon-shoki)
- 紀州蜜柑きしゅうみかんCitrus kinokuni (species of mandarin orange)
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