己 | ||
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己 (U+5DF1) "oneself" | ||
Pronunciations | ||
Pinyin: | jǐ | |
Bopomofo: | ㄐㄧˇ | |
Wade–Giles: | chi3 | |
Cantonese Yale: | géi | |
Jyutping: | gei2 | |
Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | kí | |
Japanese Kana: | キ ki / コ ko (
on'yomi) おのれ onore / つちのと tsuchinoto ( kun'yomi) | |
Sino-Korean: | 기 gi | |
Names | ||
Japanese name(s): | 己/おのれ onore | |
Hangul: | 몸 mom | |
Stroke order animation | ||
Radical 49 or radical oneself (己部) meaning " oneself" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 20 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
己 is also the 52nd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. Two associated indexing components, 已 and 巳 are affiliated to the principal indexing component 己.
In Chinese astrology, 巳 represents the sixth Earthly Branch and corresponds to the Snake in the Chinese zodiac. In the ancient Chinese cyclic character numeral system tiāngān, 己 represents the sixth Celestial stem.
Strokes | Characters |
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+0 | 己 (oneself) 已 (already) 巳 (6th Celestial stem) |
+1 | 巴 |
+4 | 巵 |
+5 | 巶 |
+6 | 巷 巸 巹 巺 (=巽) 巻JP (= 卷 -> 卩) |
+7 | 巼KO |
+9 | 巽 |
The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. [1] It is a fifth grade kanji. [1]