己

音読おんよみ: コ・キ

訓読くんよみ: おのれ

画数かくすう: 3

部首ぶしゅ: おのれ(己)

Meaning

Self / Oneself / Ego

  • 自己じこ — self
  • 自己紹介じこしょうかい — self-introduction
  • 利己りこ — selfishness
  • 利己主義りこしゅぎ — egoism

己 may trace to a coiled or curved form and later came to signify the personal self. It’s also the sixth of the Ten Heavenly Stems (十干), appearing in calendrical terms.

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