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

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

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)

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

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)

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

References

^ 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
^ 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
^ 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)

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)

record of events and facts
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

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

[NHK-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

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