纪念

Character by character

• 纪jì6 strokesHSK 3 traditional 紀record, annal, historical account
• 念niàn8 strokesHSK 3think of, recall, study

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 纪念. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 世纪shì jìHSK 3

  century

• 念niànHSK 3

  to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿)

• 想念xiǎng niànHSK 4

  to miss; to remember with longing; to long to see again

• 年纪nián jìHSK 3

  age

• 概念gài niànHSK 3

  concept; idea

• 怀念huái niànHSK 4

  to cherish the memory of; to think of; to reminisce

• 纪录jì lùHSK 3

  variant of 记录 (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record")

• 观念guān niànHSK 3

  notion; thought; concept; sense; views; ideology; general impressions

• 理念lǐ niànHSK 7

  idea; concept; philosophy; theory

• 信念xìn niànHSK 5

  faith; belief; conviction

• 念头niàn touHSK 7

  thought; idea; intention

• 纪律jì lǜHSK 4

  discipline

• 思念sī niànHSK 7

  to think of; to long for; to miss

• 纪念日jì niàn rìHSK 7

  day of commemoration; memorial day

• 悬念xuán niànHSK 7

  suspense in a movie, play etc; concern for sb's welfare

• 纪录片jì lù piànHSK 7

  newsreel; documentary (film or TV program)

• 悼念dào niànHSK 7

  to grieve

• 纪念碑jì niàn bēiHSK 7

  monument

• 纪念馆jì niàn guǎnHSK 7

  memorial hall; commemorative museum

• 念书niàn shūHSK 7

  to read; to study

• 念念不忘niàn niàn bù wàngHSK 7

  to keep in mind constantly (idiom)

• 挂念guà niànHSK 7

  concerned

• 留念liú niànHSK 7

  to keep as a souvenir; to recall fondly

• 纪实jì shíHSK 7

  record of actual events; documentary (factual rather than fictional)