己

self

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キコ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

おのれつちのとな

Nanori (名乗り)

しみ

Stroke Order

3 / 3

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:3

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1098

Vocabulary

キ

Word	Reading	Meaning
知己	チキ	acquaintance; close friend
親戚知己	シンセキチキ	relatives and acquaintances
己巳	キシ	Earth Snake (6th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1929, 1989, 2049)
知己朋友	チキホウユウ	intimate friends and acquaintances
己卯	キボウ	Earth Rabbit (16th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1939, 1999, 2059)

コ

Word	Reading	Meaning
自己	ジコ	self; oneself
利己主義	リコシュギ	egoism; egotism; selfishness
自己資本	ジコシホン	net worth; owned capital
自己嫌悪	ジコケンオ	self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
自己紹介	ジコショウカイ	self-introduction

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
己	おのれ	oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
己惚れ	うぬぼれ	conceit; vanity; pride; self-importance; egotism
己惚れる	うぬぼれる	to be conceited
己	おれ	I; me
己	うぬ	blockhead!; you

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

bow, bow (archery, violin)

wrap, pack up, cover, conceal

fur, hair, feather, down

queen, princess

pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to

condolences, mourning, funeral

beginning, former time, origin

tail, end, counter for fish, lower slope of mountain

mourning, abhor, detestable, death anniversary