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己 (Kangxi radical 49,己+0, 3 strokes,cangjie input尸山 (SU),four-corner17717,composition⿳𠃍一乚 or⿱コ乚)
己 (*kɨ) (Nihon shoki基or紀)
| simp. andtrad. | 己 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 𢀒 | |


| Historical forms of the character己 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) | Liushutong (compiled inMing) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Pictogram (象形) – silk rope for binding objects. Original form of紀 (OC*kɯʔ). The character must not be confused with已 and巳. See also丩.
Unknown (Schuessler, 2007).
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 己 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 居里切 |
| Baxter | kiX |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɨX/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kɨX/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kieX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɨX/ |
| Li Rong | /kiəX/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭəX/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kiX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gei2 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 己 | 己 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jǐ | jǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kiX › | ‹ kiX › |
| Old Chinese | /*k(r)əʔ/ | /*k(r)əʔ/ |
| English | 6th heavenly stem | self |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 己 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5765 |
| Phonetic component | 己 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*kɯʔ/ |
己
己
Used in theMan'yōshū (c. 759CE) as借音(shakuon)kana for⟨ko2⟩ and⟨go2⟩.
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 己 |
| き Grade: 6 |
| kan'on |
FromMiddle Chinese己 (MC kiX).
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 己 |
| つちのと Grade: 6 |
| kun'yomi |
Originally a compound of土(tsuchi,“earth”,one of theChinese five elements) +の(no,possessive particle) +弟(oto,“younger brother”).
己• (Tsuchinoto)
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 己 |
| おのれ Grade: 6 |
| kun'yomi |
From己(ono,reflexive orfirst-person pronoun, see below) +れ(re,demonstrative nominalizer ending).
| a-/wa- “I, we” (first person) | na-/-ma- “you, ye, thou” (second person) | k- “this” (close to speaker) | s- “that” (close to listener) | a-/ka- “that over there” (far from both) | i-/ta-/nani- “who, what, where, how, when” (interrogative) | ono- “oneself” (reflexive) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | あ(a) あれ(are) わ(wa) われ(ware) まろ(maro) | な(na) なれ(nare) なんぢ(nanji) まし(mashi) いまし(imashi) みまし(mimashi) きみ(kimi) | こ(ko) これ(kore) | そ(so) それ(sore) | あ(a) あれ(are) か(ka) かれ(kare) | た(ta) たれ(tare) なにがし(nanigashi) | おの(ono) おのれ(onore) |
| Thing | こ(ko) これ(kore) | そ(so) それ(sore) | あ(a) あれ(are) か(ka) かれ(kare) | いづれ(izure) なに(nani) | |||
| Location | ここ(koko) | そこ(soko) | あしこ(ashiko) かしこ(kashiko) | いづく(izuku) いづこ(izuko) いどこ(idoko) どこ(doko) | |||
| Direction | こち(kochi) こなた(konata) | そち(sochi) そなた(sonata) | あち(achi) あなた(anata) かなた(kanata) | いづち(izuchi) いづら(izura) いづかた(izukata) | |||
| Manner | か(ka) かく(kaku) かくて(kakute) かう(kō) | さ(sa) さて(sate) しか(shika) | いか(ika) | ||||
| Time | いつ(itsu) |
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 己 |
| おの Grade: 6 |
| kun'yomi |
Seemingly akin toMiyakoっゔぁ(vva,2nd person singular pronoun).
| a-/wa- “I, we” (first person) | na-/-ma- “you, ye, thou” (second person) | k- “this” (close to speaker) | s- “that” (close to listener) | a-/ka- “that over there” (far from both) | i-/ta-/nani- “who, what, where, how, when” (interrogative) | ono- “oneself” (reflexive) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | あ(a) あれ(are) わ(wa) われ(ware) まろ(maro) | な(na) なれ(nare) なんぢ(nanji) まし(mashi) いまし(imashi) みまし(mimashi) きみ(kimi) | こ(ko) これ(kore) | そ(so) それ(sore) | あ(a) あれ(are) か(ka) かれ(kare) | た(ta) たれ(tare) なにがし(nanigashi) | おの(ono) おのれ(onore) |
| Thing | こ(ko) これ(kore) | そ(so) それ(sore) | あ(a) あれ(are) か(ka) かれ(kare) | いづれ(izure) なに(nani) | |||
| Location | ここ(koko) | そこ(soko) | あしこ(ashiko) かしこ(kashiko) | いづく(izuku) いづこ(izuko) いどこ(idoko) どこ(doko) | |||
| Direction | こち(kochi) こなた(konata) | そち(sochi) そなた(sonata) | あち(achi) あなた(anata) かなた(kanata) | いづち(izuchi) いづら(izura) いづかた(izukata) | |||
| Manner | か(ka) かく(kaku) かくて(kakute) かう(kō) | さ(sa) さて(sate) しか(shika) | いか(ika) | ||||
| Time | いつ(itsu) |
| Kanji in this term |
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| 己 |
| おれ Grade: 6 |
| kun'yomi |
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 己 |
| おら Grade: 6 |
| kun'yomi |
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
| Kanji in this term |
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| 己 |
| うぬ Grade: 6 |
| kun'yomi |
Sound shift fromono (see above).[1]
| Kanji in this term |
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| 己 |
| うら Grade: 6 |
| kun'yomi |
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 己 |
| おどれ Grade: 6 |
| kun'yomi |
Sound shift fromonore (see above).[1]