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Account
Stroke count: 9

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JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 5Level 15

Meanings

  1. account
  2. chronicleRtK
  3. narrative
  4. history
  5. annals
  6. geologic period
  1. period
  2. nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE)
  3. nihongi
  4. chronicles of Japan
  5. kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)

Popular Usage

世紀

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Radical糸silk纟variant
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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thread (糸) · spiderman · snake (乙) · self (自)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1454

Compound words

世紀せいき
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
紀元きげん
era; CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)
紀行きこう
traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue
綱紀こうき
law and order; (official) discipline
風紀ふうき
public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior
紀元前きげんぜん
pre-era; BC; BCE
世紀末せいきまつ
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse
二十世紀にじっせいき
twentieth century
デボン紀デボンき
Devonian period
紀要きよう
bulletin
紀律きりつ
order
皇紀こうき
Imperial era
芳紀ほうき
age of a young lady who is at the peak of her (sexual) attractiveness
１世紀いっせいき
century
一世紀いっせいき
century
紀元後きげんご
post-era
紀行文きこうぶん
travel writing
三畳紀さんじょうき
Triassic period
白堊紀はくあき
Cretaceous period
ジュラ紀ジュラき
Jurassic (period)
一新紀元いっしんきげん
new era
官紀紊乱かんきびんらん
laxity in official discipline
綱紀粛正こうきしゅくせい
enforcement of official discipline
綱紀紊乱こうきびんらん
laxity in official discipline

Additional Examples

彼は船で何世紀も前に自分の土地を離れた古代の神様についての話を聞いていた。
He had heard stories about an ancient god who had left his land centuries before by ship.tatoeba
彼は二十世紀最高のピアニストだと言って差し支えないでしょう。
It may safely be said that he is the greatest pianist of the twentieth century.tatoeba
彼は１９世紀に生まれた。
He was born in the 19th century.tatoeba
彼は、１９世紀において重要と思われる科学者について研究した。
He studied the scientists considered to be the most significant of the 19th century.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Chronicle, era. 糸 (thread) + 己 — a thread of events recorded in order. 世紀 — century.

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