• 記録きろく — record / documentation
• 録音ろくおん — audio recording
• 録画ろくが — video recording
• 収録しゅうろく — inclusion (in a book, broadcast, etc.)
• 登録とうろく — registration
• 実録じつろく — true record / documentary

The kanji 録 combines the metal radical 金 with the character for “deer call” (録/ロク), conveying the idea of preserving sounds or messages.

It appears in modern terms related to technology — such as recording audio or video — but also in formal written records and transcripts.

会議かいぎを 録音ろくおんしてもいいですか？
May I record the meeting?

試合しあいの 録画ろくがを 見みたいです。
I want to watch the recording of the match.