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己
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self

HSK 2 N1
Human →Relations →Occupations
jǐ
コ、キ
おのれ、つちのと、な
기
Origin unclear. Possibly a pictograph of a silk rope, in which case would be the original form of 紀.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Bronze
Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
己
Regular
Modern
Chinese
己 [jǐ]
self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí​tiān​gān]; sixth in order; letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa
Japanese
俺 、 己 (rare) おれ 、 オレ 、 おらあ (old) 、 おり (old) 同音
pronoun male I; me (rough or arrogant)
己 、 己れ おのれ 同音
  1. pronoun poetical oneself (itself, etc.)
  2. pronoun humble I; me
  3. pronoun derogatory you
  4. adverb by oneself (itself, etc.)
  5. int. interjection expressing anger or chagrin
己 き 、 つちのと 同音
noun 6th in rank; sixth sign of the Chinese calendar
己 、 俺 、 俺ら おら 、 うら 同音
pronoun malearchaic I; me (dialectal in contemporary Japanese)
己 おどれ 、 おんどれ 同音
pronoun usually kanaderogatory osb you
己 、 汝 な 同音

pronoun

  1. archaic I
  2. archaic you
己 おの 、 おぬ 同音

pronoun

  1. oneself; myself
  2. I
  3. derogatory you
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (4)
おまえはオレを殺そうとしている。
You are trying to kill me.
他人を己を持って計ってはいけない。
You must not judge others by yourself.
オラ気分が良くなったで。でもよ、おとうさんに滅茶苦茶怒られちまうと思うべさ。
I feel a lot better now, but I know Dad's going to be real upset.
「おんどりゃー馬鹿言ってんじゃねー」農家は言った。
"Don't say such rubbish!" said the farmer.
Japanese Names
己 き
Ki place name
CHINESE WORDS (127)
自己 [zì​jǐ] #73
oneself
知己 [zhī​jǐ] #14,955
to know oneself
自己人 [zì​jǐ​rén] #17,180
those on our side
身不由己 [shēn​bù​yóu​jǐ] #17,478
without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary
据为己有 [jù​wéi​jǐ​yǒu] #19,235
to take for one's own
据为己有 [jù​wéi​jǐ​yǒu] #19,235
to take for one's own
利己 [lì​jǐ] #38,060
personal profit
己方 [jǐ​fāng] #50,455
our side
知己知彼 [zhī​jǐ​zhī​bǐ] #27,897
know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn​zǐ​Bīng​fǎ])
一己 [yī​jǐ] #25,825
oneself
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JAPANESE WORDS (195)
⭐ 俺 [おれ] #444
I
⭐ 己 [おのれ] #3,044
oneself (itself, etc.)
俺ら [おれら] #3,794
we
⭐ 自己紹介 [じこしょうかい] #4,253
self-introduction
⭐ 自己 [じこ] #4,675
self
俺様 [おれさま] #8,610
I
己が [おのが] #9,040
my
自己嫌悪 [じこけんお] #13,060
self-hatred
自己満足 [じこまんぞく] #13,876
self-satisfaction
⭐ 自惚れる [うぬぼれる] #17,042
to be conceited
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KOREAN WORDS (11)
자기 #237
his; her; he; she
극기
self-control; self-restraint
이기심
selfishness; egoistic mind; self-centered mind
이기적
being selfish; being egoistic; being egocentric
이기주의
egoism
자기기만
self-deception
자기모순
self-contradiction
자기소개
self introduction
자기애
self-love; narcissism
자기중심
self-centeredness; selfishness
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