録

音読おんよみ: ロク・リョク

訓読くんよみ: しる

画数かくすう: 16 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 金(かねへん)

Meaning

Record / Register / Transcribe

  • 記録きろく — record / documentation
  • 録音ろくおん — audio recording
  • 録画ろくが — video recording
  • 収録しゅうろく — inclusion (in a book, broadcast, etc.)
  • 登録とうろく — registration
  • 要録ようろく — summary record
  • 実録じつろく — true record / documentary
  • 採録さいろく — transcription

The kanji 録 combines the metal radical 金 with the character for “deer call” (録/ロク), conveying the idea of preserving sounds or messages.

It appears in modern terms related to technology — such as recording audio or video — but also in formal written records and transcripts.

会議かいぎ録音ろくおんしてもいいですか?
May I record the meeting?

試合しあい録画ろくがたいです。
I want to watch the recording of the match.

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Creates
記録きろく — record / documentation
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