己 (jǐ)
Self; oneself
How 己 is written
- Strokes
- 3
- Traditional
- 己
- Simplified
- 己 (unchanged)
Common words using 己
- 自己 zìjǐ
- oneself; one's own
- 事不關己 shìbùguānjǐ
- a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)
- 佔為己有 zhànwéijǐyǒu
- to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)
- 克己復禮 kèjǐfùlǐ
- restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties; (any number of possible translations)
- 利己 lìjǐ
- personal profit; to benefit oneself
- 利己主義 lìjǐzhǔyì
- egoism
- 剋己 kèjǐ
- self-restraint; discipline; selflessness
- 反求諸己 fǎnqiúzhūjǐ
- to seek the cause in oneself rather than sb else
- 各執己見 gèzhíjǐjiàn
- each sticks to his own view (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf
- 固執己見 gùzhíjǐjiàn
- to persist in one's views
- 妲己 dájǐ
- Daji (c. 11th century BC), mythical fox spirit and concubine of the last Shang Dynasty Emperor Zhou Xin 紂辛|纣辛[Zhou4 Xin1]
- 孔乙己 kǒngyǐjǐ
- Kong Yiji, protagonist of short story by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]
己 in a sentence
自己的事情要自己做。
Zìjǐ de shìqíng yào zìjǐ zuò.
“You should do your own things yourself.”
How common is 己?
己 is the 162nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 51.4% of all running text.
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