己 U+5DF1, 己 ← 巰[U+5DF0] CJK Unified Ideographs 已 →[U+5DF2] ⼰ U+2F30, ⼰ ← ⼯[U+2F2F] Kangxi Radicals ⼱ →[U+2F31] Stroke order Stroke order
己 (Kangxi radical 49, 己+0, 3 strokes, Cangjie input 尸山 (SU), four-corner 17717, composition ⿳𠃍一乚 or ⿱コ乚)
- Kangxi radical #49, ⼰.
- Shuowen Jiezi radical №518
- Appendix:Chinese radical/己
- 圮, 妃, 屺, 忋, 杞, 玘, 紀(纪), 記(记), 配, 魢(鱾), 䄫
- 妀, 改, 邔, 䪱, 异, 忌, 㞯, 㠱, 岂, 巹, 巻, 芑, 㠰, 䙴, 䨽, 㽶, 起
- 包 (Japanese form)
- こ (Hiragana character derived from man’yōgana)
- コ (Katakana character derived from man’yōgana)
- Kangxi Dictionary: 己部/己部 on the Chinese Wikisource.
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 326, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8742
- Dae Jaweon: page 630, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 983, character 5
- Unihan data for U+5DF1
己 (*kɨ) (Nihon shoki 基 or 紀)
- walled settlement Synonyms: 忽 (xol), サシ (casI)
- → Old Japanese: 城 (ki2)
- Japanese: 城 (ki)
- John Bentley (2000), “New Look at Paekche and Korean: Data from Nihon shoki”, in Language Research[1], volume 36, number 2, Seoul National University, pages 417—443
- Alexander Vovin (2005), “Koguryo and Paekche: Different Languages or Dialects of Old Korean?”, in Journal of Inner and East Asian Studies, volume 2, number 2, Koguryo Research Foundation, pages 108—140
- Alexander Vovin (2013), “From Koguryo to T’amna”, in Korean Linguistics[2], volume 15, number 2, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pages 222—240
simp. and trad. 己 alternative forms 𢀒
Pictogram (象形) – silk rope for binding objects. Original form of 紀 (OC *kɯʔ). The character must not be confused with 已 and 巳. See also 丩.
Unknown (Schuessler, 2007).
己
- self; oneself
- personal; private
- the sixth of the ten heavenly stems
- a surname
- → Zhuang: geij
己
- only used in 潮州音樂——自己顧自己／潮州音乐——自己顾自己
(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
- itself, oneself
- Go-on: こ (ko, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
- Kun: おのれ (onore, 己, Jōyō)、おの (ono, 己)、おれ (ore, 己)、おら (ora, 己)、うぬ (unu, 己)、うら (ura, 己)、おどれ (odore, 己)、つちのと (tsuchinoto, 己)
- Nanori: おと (oto)、な (na)、み (mi)
Used in the Man’yōshū (c. 759 CE) as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨ko2⟩ and ⟨go2⟩.
Kanji in this term 己 きGrade: 6 kan’on
From Middle Chinese 己 (MC kiX).
- (Tokyo) き [kíꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [kʲi]
己(き) • (Ki)
- the sixth of the ten heavenly stems Hypernyms: 天干 (tenkan), 十干 (jikkan) Coordinate terms: 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸
- 己巳(きし) (Kishi)
Kanji in this term 己 つちのとGrade: 6 kun’yomi
Originally a compound of 土 (tsuchi, “earth”, one of the Chinese five elements) + の (no, possessive particle) + 弟 (oto, “younger brother”).
- (Tokyo) つちのと [tsùchínóꜜtò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- IPA(key): [t͡sɨ̥t͡ɕino̞to̞]
己(つちのと) • (Tsuchinoto)
- the sixth of the ten heavenly stems Hypernyms: 天干 (tenkan), 十干 (jikkan) Coordinate terms: 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸
Kanji in this term 己 おのれGrade: 6 kun’yomi
From 己 (ono, reflexive or first-person pronoun, see below) + れ (re, demonstrative nominalizer ending).
- (Tokyo) おのれ [ònóré] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [o̞no̞ɾe̞]
己(おのれ) • (onore)
- reflexive pronoun: oneself
- (humble, dated) first-person pronoun: I, me
- (derogatory) second-person pronoun: you (Can we verify(+) this sense?) Synonyms: お前 (omae), 貴様 (kisama)
己(おのれ) • (onore)
- by oneself Synonyms: 自然に (shizen ni), 独りでに (hitori de ni)
己(おのれ) • (onore)
- An interjection expressing anger or chagrin
Kanji in this term 己 おのGrade: 6 kun’yomi
Seemingly akin to Miyako っゔぁ (vva, 2nd person singular pronoun).
See also うぬ (unu) and うな (una).
- (Tokyo) おの [óꜜnò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
- (Tokyo) おの [ònó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
- IPA(key): [o̞no̞]
己(おの) • (ono)
- reflexive pronoun: oneself
- first-person pronoun: I, me Synonyms: 私 (watakushi), 我 (ware)
Kanji in this term 己 おれGrade: 6 kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) おれ [òré] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [o̞ɾe̞]
己(おれ) • (ore)
- alternative spelling of 俺 (ore): first-person pronoun: I, me
Kanji in this term 己 おらGrade: 6 kun’yomi
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
己(おら) • (ora)
- first-person pronoun: I, me
Kanji in this term 己 うぬGrade: 6 kun’yomi
Sound shift from ono (see above).[1]
- 汝
- (Tokyo) うぬ [ùnú] (Heiban – [0])
- (Tokyo) うぬ [úꜜnù] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA(key): [ɯ̟nɯ̟]
- Pronunciation for pronoun senses unknown.
己(うぬ) • (unu)
- second-person pronoun: you
- reflexive pronoun: oneself Synonym: 自分自身 (jibun-jishin)
- 己(うぬ)等(ら) (unura)
己(うぬ) • (unu)
- (vulgar) you!; you blockhead!
Kanji in this term 己 うらGrade: 6 kun’yomi
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
己(うら) • (ura)
- first-person pronoun: I, me
Kanji in this term 己 おどれGrade: 6 kun’yomi
Sound shift from onore (see above).[1]
己(おどれ) • (odore)
- second-person pronoun: you Synonyms: 己 (unu), 貴様 (kisama)
- “△己”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][3] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026
己 (eumhun 자기 기 (jagi gi))
- hanja form? of 기 (“self”)
己: Hán Nôm readings: kỷ, kỉ, kỳ
- chữ Hán form of Kỉ (“sixth of the ten heavenly stems”) Hypernyms: 天干, 十干 Coordinate terms: 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸
- chữ Hán form of kỉ (“self”)
