Word Meaning 紀

き ki

紀 is read as き (ki) and means Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures).

Meaning

English

  1. Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
  2. period
  3. Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE)
  4. Nihongi
  5. Chronicles of Japan

Reading

Kana

き

Romaji

ki

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 89284 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

紀元

きげん

era

紀元前

きげんぜん

pre-era

紀行

きこう

traveller's journal

紀事本末体

きじほんまつたい

topical-annalistic style (of historical writing)

紀年法

きねんほう

calendar era

紀行文

きこうぶん

travel writing

紀元後

きげんご

post-era

紀年

きねん

years (since the start of an era)

紀伝体

きでんたい

annals-biographies form (of historical writing)

紀要

きよう

bulletin

二十世紀

にじっせいき

twentieth century

世紀

せいき

century

Example Sentences

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このてらははっせいきにたてられた。

This temple was built in the eighth century.

にじゅっせいきのれきしをべんきょうしています。

I am studying the history of the twentieth century.

そのかせきはじゅらきのものです。

That fossil is from the Jurassic period.

きげんぜんのできごとについてしらべている。

I am researching events from before the Common Era.

かれはたびのおもいでをきこうぶんにまとめた。

He put his travel memories into a travel narrative.

はくあきにはおおくのきょうりゅうがいきていた。

Many dinosaurs lived during the Cretaceous period.

かのじょはじゅうきゅうせいきのしょうせつがすきだ。

She likes nineteenth-century novels.

そのほんはいちぞくのれきしをねんだいきのかたちでえがいている。

The book portrays a family's history in the form of a chronicle.

きげんはそのできごとをきじゅんにさだめられた。

The era was established based on that event.