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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ gei³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): li̍t-kì / ji̍t-kì
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸zeq-ci

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhjì
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-chi⁴
    • Yale: r̀-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhjih
    • Palladius: жицзи (žiczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ gei³
    • Yale: yaht gei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ gei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ géi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² kei̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-kì
    • Tâi-lô: li̍t-kì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lidkix
    • IPA (Taipei): /lit̚⁴⁻³² ki¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /lit̚²⁴⁻² ki⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lit̚⁴⁻³² ki²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍t-kì
    • Tâi-lô: ji̍t-kì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jidkix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ki²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zit̚⁴⁻³² ki²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸zeq-ci
    • MiniDict: zeh^入 ci
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zeq-ji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹¹ t͡ɕi²³/

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

• 日誌／日志 (rìzhì)

Derived terms

• 日記本 / 日记本 (rìjìběn)
• 日記簿 / 日记簿 (rìjìbù)
• 日記賬 / 日记账 (rìjìzhàng)

 

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. 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., 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”).