纪 Strokes Write it Listen 纪 jì discipline, age; period, era; record, annal HSK 3 6 strokes Radical 纟 Sound + meaning 10 words Built from纟meaningsīsilk; thread己soundjǐself, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem How it works纟 hints at the meaning (thread), and 己 jǐ hints at the sound.