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Mythic Mandarin

记住 (jì zhu): meaning and stroke order

记住 (jì zhu) means to remember, to bear in mind, to learn by heart.

记住

Simplified
记住
Traditional
記住
Pinyin
jì zhu

Stroke order of 记住

记

  • jì to record; to note
  • 5 strokes
  • Traditional form: 記

Stroke by stroke

住

  • zhù to live; to dwell
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 记住

  1. jì zhu Traditional 記住
    • to remember
    • to bear in mind
    • to learn by heart

Radicals of the characters

记
Radical 讠 (Kangxi radical 149) in its simplified form · 5 strokes · 讠 on the left, 己 on the right
住
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 7 strokes · 亻 on the left, 主 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

记住 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

  • 那一刻，蒋悦觉得心里暖暖的，好像这个城市终于记住了她。

    nà yí kè Jiǎng Yuè juéde xīnli nuǎnnuǎn de hǎoxiàng zhè gè chéngshì zhōngyú jìzhù le tā

    At that moment Jiang Yue felt warm inside, as if the city had finally remembered her.

    From the story No chilli, please HSK 4

  • 韩青问他：“那你的尾巴呢？”学生愣了一下，想了很久，才说：“学生记住了，不会忘了自己是从哪条河里来的。”

    Hán Qīng wèn tā nà nǐ de wěiba ne xuésheng lèng le yíxià xiǎng le hěn jiǔ cái shuō xuésheng jìzhù le bú huì wàng le zìjǐ shì cóng nǎ tiáo hé lǐ lái de

    Han Qing asked him, "And your tail?" The student was taken aback. After a long pause he said, "I will remember, Teacher. I won't forget which river I came from."

    From the story The Dragon Gate and the ordinary fish HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 记住

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).