Chinese surname · rank 142

纪

纪 is read as jǐ.

Pinyin

jǐ

Script forms

Simplified 纪 · Traditional 紀

Basic meaning

record; discipline; order

Five element

Wood

Origin

Time: Western Zhou to Spring and Autumn Ji state tradition; Western Zhou to Spring and Autumn tradition, 1046-476 BCE

Place: Ji state, commonly associated with today's Shouguang area, Shandong Province

Origin note

A major Ji surname tradition traces to the ancient state of Ji in Shandong. After state changes, descendants and state people used Ji as surname.

1724-1805 CE · Qing scholar

Also known as Ji Xiaolan, chief editor associated with the Siku Quanshu.

died 204 BCE · Western Han loyalist

Remembered for sacrificing himself for Liu Bang.