scribe, account, narrative
記 centers on putting something into a lasting written form: recording, writing down, or composing a narrative account. The scribe sense is the person who does this recording.
記 combines 言 (speech, words) with 己, which likely contributes the sound and may have originally represented a thread or record-keeping tool, together suggesting written records.
Words 言 are tied together with a thread-like 己 to create a lasting record. Imagine a scribe binding spoken words into a written account.
For キ, picture a scribe using a key to lock the written record in a chest: key -> キ, and the words are safely recorded.
article; news story; report; account
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memory; honoring the memory of
record; document; minutes; log; recording; putting on record; keeping a record (of); writing down
memory; recollection; remembrance
reporter; journalist
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
above-mentioned; above-named; above
diary; journal
expression in writing; written representation; notation; transcription; orthography
the following
description; account
to write down; to note down; to jot down; to take a note of
clear writing; specification
sign; symbol; mark
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
registry; registration
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
bookkeeping
clerk; secretary
(taking) notes; copying
biography; life story
note; memorandum; memo
writing side by side; writing (down) together; writing (down) both
aforesaid; above-mentioned; said; above
natural monument
registry; entry; book-keeping; signature
shorthand; stenography
medal; badge; insignia
secretary
writing implement; writing tool
undermentioned (statement); the following; at left
keep in mind; take note of; remember
newspaper story (article, account)
secretariat
unsigned; unregistered
written examination
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
press conference; news conference
record; record-setting; record-breaking