Chinese Character Wiki
己

jǐ

self

Origin unclear. Possibly a pictograph of a silk rope, in which case would be the original form of 紀.

Evolution

己 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
己 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
己 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
己 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
己 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

己  

jǐ

self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem; 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

Most common words with 己
Freq.
Word
Meaning

自己

oneself

己

self

知己

to know oneself

自己人

ourselves

身不由己

not of one's own volition

Component uses

Sound component in 12 characters (6 verified)

起 記 记 改 紀 纪 忌 杞 圮 芑 巹 屺

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k(r)əʔ

kiX

jǐ

6th heavenly stem

*k(r)əʔ

kiX

jǐ

self


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 98.7186% of movies

144th most common character in movies

162nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Unicode

U+5DF1

Shuowen

“己，中宮也，象萬物辟藏詘形也。己承戊，象人腹，，古文己。”


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