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Kanji Detail for 私 - "private, I, secret"

私

  • Meaning

    私 means "private, I, secret."

    1. I - First person pronoun; oneself.

    2. Private - Personal; not public.

    3. Secret - Confidential; hidden.

  • Words using 私

    • 私立 しりつ Listen private (establishment)
    • 私邸 してい Listen private residence
    • 私的 してき Listen private; personal
    • 私鉄 してつ Listen private railway
    • 公私 こうし Listen public and private matters; official and personal affairs; professional and personal lives
    • 私学 しがく Listen private (non-governmental) school (college, university)
    • 私有 しゆう Listen private ownership
    • 私文書 しぶんしょ Listen private document

  • Four-character idioms with 私

    • 公平無私 こうへいむし Listen impartiality; fair play
    • 公私混同 こうしこんどう Listen mixing of public and private affairs; mixing business with personal affairs; mixing work and private matters
    • 則天去私 そくてんきょし Listen selfless devotion to justice
    • 滅私奉公 めっしほうこう Listen selfless devotion
    • 無私無偏 むしむへん Listen to think or act fairly without concern for one's own benefit
    • 無私無欲 むしむよく Listen selflessness; unselfishness

  • Tattoo check: 私

    • Verified meaning: private, I, secret
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きさい)

    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.

  • Name readings of 私

    Surnames 私(きさい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    private; I; me

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    private, personal; secret

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    personal; private; selfish

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    personal, private, secret; selfish

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shi(シ) シ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    watakushi(わたくし) わたくし

    watashi(わたし) わたし

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    禾 (nogi・nogihen)

  • Related Keywords

    private I secret myself me ego individual intimacy ownership personal possession privacy confidential selfish

Sentences including 私

  • I am very pleased with my new house.

  • I do not know how to drive a car.

  • I am in trouble.

  • We are anxious about your health.

  • We were disillusioned with the result.

  • We make not a few mistakes when speaking in english.

  • I've got time on my hands.

  • Won't you go out to lunch with us?

  • I'm the youngest in the family.

  • I'm too tired to walk.

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