The kanji 己: meaning, readings and stroke order
己
- Meaning
- self, oneself
- On reading
- コ ko、キ ki
- Kun reading
- おのれ onore
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 己 oneself
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- bản thân, mình (kỷ)
- Japanese
- じぶん。おのれ。
- Korean
- 자기, 자신 (기)
- Chinese
- 自己
Readings, words and example sentences
コ ko · on reading
自己
oneself, self
自己を 見つめなおします。
I take a fresh look at myself.
キ ki · on reading · less common
知己
friend, someone you know well
かれは 父の 古い 知己です。
He is an old friend of my dad's.
おのれ onore · kun reading · less common
己
oneself
己に 負けない ように します。
I try not to give in to my own weak side.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.