日記

See also: 日记

Chinese

day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
 
to remember; to note; mark
to remember; to note; mark; sign; to record
 
trad. (日記) 日 記
simp. (日记) 日 记

Pronunciation

Noun

日記

  1. diary; journal (Classifier: 本; 冊／册)
    記日記／记日记  ―  jì rìjì  ―  to keep a diary
    他正在寫日記呢。 [MSC, trad.]
    他正在写日记呢。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zhèngzài xiě rìjì ne. [Pinyin]
    He's writing in his diary.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (日記):
  • → Japanese: 日(にっ)記(き) (nikki)
  • → Okinawan: 日(にっ)記(ち) (nitchi)
  • → Korean: 일기(日記) (ilgi)
  • → Vietnamese: nhật ký (日記)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
日 記
にち > にっ
Grade: 1 		き
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) にっき [nìkkí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟ik̚ʲkʲi]

Noun

日(にっ)記(き) • (nikki) 

  1. a record of events and facts
  2. a record of daily events or thoughts; a diary or journal[2]

See also

  • 日(にっ)記(き)文(ぶん)学(がく) (nikki bungaku)

Etymology 2

Originally, there was no means to write the geminate consonant, so it was left out. Pronunciation was likely [nikki] rather than [niki].[3]

Noun

日記(にき) • (niki) 

  1. a record of events and facts
  2. a record of daily events or thoughts; a diary or journal

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
日記

Noun

日記 • (ilgi) (hangeul 일기)

  1. hanja form? of 일기 (“diary; journal”)

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
日 記
にち > にっ
Grade: 1 		ち
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nit̚t͡ɕi/

Noun

日(にっ)記(ち) (nitchi) 

  1. record of events and facts
  2. record of daily events or thoughts; a diary or journal
    くぬ頃(ぐる)んしまた日記(にっち)ちきー始(はじ)まとーん。
    Kunu guru-nshi mata nitchi chikīhajimatōn.
    Recently I've started to keep a diary again.

References

  • “ニッチ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
日記

Noun

日記

  1. chữ Hán form of nhật kí (“diary; journal”)
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