# 日記
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rìjì
    (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄐㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jat$^6$ gei$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): li̍t-kì / ji̍t-kì
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$zeq-ci
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rìjì
*** Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄐㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rìhjì
*** Wade–Giles: jih$^4$-chi$^4$
*** Yale: r̀-jì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhjih
*** Palladius: жицзи (žiczi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jat$^6$ gei$^3$
*** Yale: yaht gei
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jat$^9$ gei$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yed$^6$ géi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐt̚² kei̯³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-kì
*** Tâi-lô: li̍t-kì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lidkix
*** IPA (Taipei): /lit̚⁴⁻³² ki¹¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /lit̚²⁴⁻² ki⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lit̚⁴⁻³² ki²¹/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍t-kì
*** Tâi-lô: ji̍t-kì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jidkix
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ki²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zit̚⁴⁻³² ki²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$zeq-ci
*** MiniDict: zeh$^入$ ci
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$zeq-ji
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹¹ t͡ɕi²³/

### Noun

日記
* diary; journal (Classifier: 本; 冊／册)
    記日記／记日记 ― jì rìjì ― to keep a diary
       Tā zhèngzài xiě rìjì ne. [Pinyin]
       He's writing in his diary.

#### Synonyms

* 日誌／日志 (rìzhì)

#### Derived terms

* 日記本／日记本 (rìjìběn)
* 日記簿／日记簿 (rìjìbù)
* 日記賬／日记账

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 日(にっ)記(き) (nikki)
* → Okinawan: 日(にっ)記(ち) (nitchi)
* → Korean: 일기(日記) (ilgi)
* → Vietnamese: nhật ký (日記)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 日 | 記 |
| にち > にっ Grade: 1 | き Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) にっき [nìkkí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɲ̟ik̚ʲkʲi]

#### Noun

日(にっ)記(き) • (nikki)
* a record of events and facts
* a record of daily events or thoughts; a diary or journal

#### See also

* 日(にっ)記(き)文(ぶん)学(がく) (nikki bungaku)

### Etymology 2

Originally, there was no means to write the geminate consonant, so it was left out. Pronunciation was likely [nikki] rather than [niki].

#### Noun

日記(にき) • (niki)
* a record of events and facts
* a record of daily events or thoughts; a diary or journal

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
* ↑ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 日 | 記 |

### Noun

日記 • (ilgi) (hangeul 일기)
* hanja form of 일기 (“diary; journal”)

## Okinawan

Kanji in this term :
| 日 | 記 |
| にち > にっ Grade: 1 | ち Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nit̚t͡ɕi/

### Noun

日(にっ)記(ち) (nitchi)
* record of events and facts
* record of daily events or thoughts; a diary or journal
    くぬ頃(ぐる)んしまた日記(にっち)ちきー始(はじ)まとーん。
       Kunu guru-nshi mata nitchi chikīhajimatōn.
       Recently I've started to keep a diary again.

### References

* “ニッチ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 日 | 記 |

### Noun

日記
* chữ Hán form of nhật kí (“diary; journal”).