記

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: しる

画数かくすう: 10

部首ぶしゅ: ごんべん(訁)

Meaning

Write Down / Record / Note / Mark

  • Basic forms
  • 記す — to write down; to note; to record / base form
  • 記します — (I) write down; note / masu form
  • 記した — wrote down; recorded / ta form
  • 記して — write down and …; please note / te-form
  • 記さない — do not write down / negative form
  • 記せば — if (you) write down / conditional
  • 記せ・記しなさい — write it down! / imperative
  • Other common forms
  • 記したい — want to write down / 〜たい form
  • 記せる — can write down / potential
  • 記せた — was able to record / past potential
  • 記せない — cannot record / negative potential
  • More
  • 記そう — let’s write down; let’s record / 〜よう form
  • 記さなかった — didn’t write down / past negative
  • 記している — is writing down; recording / progressive

記す(しるす) is a godan verb ending in す, meaning “to write down” or “to record.” The stem alternates as 記し → 記す / 記します / 記して.
※ Also read as きす in formal or literary contexts.

  • しるす — to record; to write down
  • 記録きろく — record / documentation
  • 記事きじ — article / news story
  • 記念きねん — commemoration; memory
  • 暗記あんき — memorization
  • 記憶きおく — memory / recollection
  • 明記めいき — clear statement; explicit mention
  • 手記しゅき — personal account / memoir
  • 注記ちゅうき — note / annotation
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  • しるす — write down; put into writing

記 is formed from 言 (words) and 己 (self), suggesting “to record what one says/knows.” You’ll see it in words about writing, documenting, and memory—like 記録, 記事, and 記憶.

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