漢字Kanji · in Time & Sequence
己: self
Oracle bone · Shang Bronze · Zhou Small seal · Qin Today
Oracle bone and bronze: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Three readings, and the words that use each
コko · on'yomi · in compounds
- 自己じこself, oneself
- 利己主義りこしゅぎegoism, selfishness
- 自己資本じこしほんnet worth; owned capital
- 自己管理じこかんりtaking care of something by oneself
キki · on'yomi
- 知己ちきacquaintance, friend
- 克己心こっきしんspirit of self-denial/self-control
おのれonore · kun'yomi · on its own
- 己おのれoneself, you [insulting]
Also read つちのと, な, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Pictogram (象形)
Silk rope for binding objects. Original form of 紀.
Source: Wiktionary, 己 (rev. 93813320), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The base kanji for one's self, used to emphasize personal identity and the concept of "I" in a formal or humble sense.”
Connections
己 gives its sound to
The family reading is キ (ki). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by sideIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jǐ
Same form: 己 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 己 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 己 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jǐ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.