Keyword
self
- oneself
- personal
- private
- 6th heavenly stem
- Frequency
- #215
- Strokes
- 3
Readings
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Mnemonic
A loom woven with thread
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
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Used in vocabulary
自己
oneself; (attributive) one's own
己
self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 (shítiāngān); sixth in order; letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa
知己
to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend
己方
our side; one's own (side etc)
异己
dissident; alien; outsider; non-self; others
利己
personal profit; to benefit oneself
身不由己
(idiom) (of one's circumstances) beyond one's control; unable to do anything about it; (of one's actions) not subject to conscious control (i.e. done in spite of oneself)
各抒己见
everyone gives their own view
事不关己
a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)
占为己有
to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)
利己主义
egoism
固执己见
to persist in one's views
知己知彼
know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孙子兵法 (SūnzǐBīngfǎ))
据为己有
(idiom) to illegally take possession of; to appropriate
己见
one's own viewpoint
安分守己
to be content with one's lot (idiom); to know one's place
克己
self-restraint; discipline; selflessness
损人利己
harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of others
严于律己
to be strict with oneself
孔乙己
Kong Yiji, protagonist of a short story of the same name by Lu Xun 鲁迅 (LǔXùn) depicting the life of a poor, unsuccessful scholar who clings to his Confucian ideals despite his dismal circumstances
严以律己
to be strict with oneself (idiom); to demand a lot of oneself
克己奉公
self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication; to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
舍己为人
to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people; altruism
己卯
sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059