本纪

本紀
běnjì
biographic sketch of an emperor

CEDICT

  1. (historiography) annal of a monarch
  2. (literary) all the details from the beginning to the end
  3. (literary) basic legal system of a country
  4. all the details from the beginning to the end
  5. annal of a monarch
  6. basic legal system of a country

Wiktionary

  1. 根本的纲纪。
  2. 事情的本末经过。
  3. 史书记帝王之事，称为「本纪」。其例始于《史记》。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 本 běn
  1. (bound form) root; stem
  2. (bound form) origin; source
  3. (bound form) one's own; this
  4. (bound form) this; the current (year etc)
  5. (bound form) original
  6. (bound form) inherent
  7. originally; initially
  8. capital; principal
  9. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
2 纪 jì
  1. order
  2. discipline
  3. age
  4. era
  5. period
  6. to chronicle