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The kanji 私: meaning, readings and stroke order
私
- Meaning
- I, private
- On reading
- シ shi
- Kun reading
- わたくし watakushi、わたし watashi
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 禾 grain
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- tôi, riêng tư (tư)
- Japanese
- わたし。じぶんだけの こと。
- Korean
- 나, 개인 (사)
- Chinese
- 我、私人
Readings, words and example sentences
シ shi · on reading
私立
private (school)
姉は 私立の 中学に 通います。
My big sister goes to a private junior high school.
わたくし watakushi · kun reading · less common
私
I (polite way to say it)
私が 責任を もちます。
I will take responsibility.
わたし watashi · kun reading
私
I, me
私は 六年生です。
I am in sixth grade.
Practise writing 私 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 私 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 6 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.