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Kanji Detail for 己 - "self, I, sixth"

己

  • Meaning

    己 means "self, I, sixth."

    1. Self - Oneself; the individual.

    2. I - First person pronoun.

    3. Sixth - The sixth of the ten celestial stems.

  • Words using 己

    • 自己 じこ Listen self; oneself
    • 自己資本 じこしほん Listen net worth; owned capital
    • 利己主義 りこしゅぎ Listen egoism; egotism; selfishness
    • 自己管理 じこかんり Listen taking care of something by oneself; self-management

  • Four-character idioms with 己

    • 利己主義 りこしゅぎ Listen egoism; egotism; selfishness
    • 自己嫌悪 じこけんお Listen self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
    • 自己顕示 じこけんじ Listen making oneself conspicuous; pressing one's own cause
    • 克己復礼 こっきふくれい Listen exercising self-restraint and conforming to the rules of etiquette and formality
    • 知己朋友 ちきほうゆう Listen intimate friends and acquaintances
    • 自己中心 じこちゅうしん Listen selfishness; egotism; egoism

  • Tattoo check: 己

    • Verified meaning: self, I, sixth
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    self

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; sixth in order; letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The sixth of the ten heavenly stems. | Oneself. In contrast to others. Such as 一己之見, meaning not consulting with others.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ki(キ) キ

    ko(コ) コ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    na(な) な

    onore(おのれ) おのれ

    tsuchinoto(つちのと) つちのと

  • Strokes

    tip

    3 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    己 巳 已 (onore)

  • Related Keywords

    self sixth I center earth me ego personal oneself

Sentences including 己

  • She is a selfish person.

  • He is a very selfish person.

  • Live and let live.

  • Nothing is more important than this : to know yourself.

  • She made herself known to the company.

  • He must be selfish.

  • She has no thought of self.

  • Know who you are.

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