己
oneself; self
3 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 1098.
Readings
- コ (on reading): 自己 (じこ) self; 自己紹介 (じこしょうかい) self-introduction
- おのれ (kun reading): 己 (おのれ) oneself (itself, etc.); 己に克つ (おのれにかつ) to control oneself
- キ (on reading): 知己 (ちき) acquaintance; 克己 (こっき) self-control
- つちのと (kun reading): 己未 (つちのとひつじ) Earth Sheep (56th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1919, 1979, 2039); 己卯 (つちのとう) Earth Rabbit (16th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1939, 1999, 2059)
- な (kun reading): 己 (な) I; 大己貴神 (おおなむちのかみ) Okuninushi
Components
- 已 radical oneself; already, 己 forms
Kanji containing 己
- 改 reformation
- 記 scribe
- 配 distribute
- 起 rouse
- 紀 chronicle
- 巻 scroll
- 包 wrap
- 妃 queen
- 忌 mourning
- 遷 transition
- 巽 southeast
- 巴 comma-design
- 已 stop
- 巳 sign of the snake or serpent
- 巷 fork in road
- 杞 river willow
Words using 己
- 自己 (じこ) self
- 自己紹介 (じこしょうかい) self-introduction
- 自己肯定感 (じここうていかん) self-esteem
- 自己ベスト (じこベスト) personal record
- 自己啓発 (じこけいはつ) self-development
- 己 (おのれ) oneself (itself, etc.)
- 己に克つ (おのれにかつ) to control oneself
- 己の分を尽くす (おのれのぶんをつくす) to do one's part (duty)
- 己を捨てる (おのれをすてる) to set aside one's interests
- 己達せんと欲して人を達せしむ (おのれたっせんとほっしてひとをたっせしむ) if you wish to succeed yourself, first help others to succeed
- 知己 (ちき) acquaintance
- 克己 (こっき) self-control
- 己 (き) 6th in rank
- 克己心 (こっきしん) spirit of self-denial
- 親戚知己 (しんせきちき) relatives and acquaintances
- 己未 (つちのとひつじ) Earth Sheep (56th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1919, 1979, 2039)
- 己卯 (つちのとう) Earth Rabbit (16th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1939, 1999, 2059)
- 己丑 (つちのとうし) Earth Ox (26th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1949, 2009, 2069)
- 己巳 (つちのとみ) Earth Snake (6th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1929, 1989, 2049)
- 己酉 (つちのととり) Earth Rooster (46th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1909, 1969, 2029)
- 己 (な) I
- 大己貴神 (おおなむちのかみ) Okuninushi
- 己が (おのが) my
- 己がじし (おのがじし) each (and every one)
- 己 (おの) oneself
191 words in all.