See also: , , , and
U+5DF1, 己
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DF1

[U+5DF0]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5DF2]

U+2F30, ⼰
KANGXI RADICAL ONESELF

[U+2F2F]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F31]

Translingual

Stroke order
Stroke order

Han character

(Kangxi radical 49, 己+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 尸山 (SU), four-corner 17717, composition 𠃍 or )

  1. Kangxi radical #49, .
  2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №518

Derived characters

  • (Japanese form)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 326, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8742
  • Dae Jaweon: page 630, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 983, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5DF1

Baekje

Noun

(*kɨ) (Nihon shoki or )

  1. walled settlement
    Synonyms: (xol), サシ (casI)

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: (ki2)
    • Japanese: (ki)

References

  • John Bentley (2000) “New Look at Paekche and Korean: Data from Nihon shoki”, in Language Research[1], volume 36, number 2, Seoul National University, pages 417—443
  • Alexander Vovin (2005) “Koguryo and Paekche: Different Languages or Dialects of Old Korean?”, in Journal of Inner and East Asian Studies, volume 2, number 2, Koguryo Research Foundation, pages 108—140
  • Alexander Vovin (2013) “From Koguryo to T'amna”, in Korean Linguistics[2], volume 15, number 2, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pages 222—240

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𢀒

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
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 (OC *kɯʔ). The character must not be confused with and . See also .

Etymology

Unknown (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1


Note: kī - vernacular, kí - literary.
Note: gi7 - used in 家己.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gei2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 5765
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kɯʔ/

Definitions

  1. self; oneself
  2. personal; private
  3. the sixth of the ten heavenly stems
  4. a surname

Coordinate terms

  • (Chinese heavenly stems) 天干 (tiāngān); (jiǎ), (), (bǐng), (dīng), (), (), (gēng), (xīn), (rén), (guǐ) (Category: zh:Chinese heavenly stems)

Compounds

Descendants

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

  1. only used in 潮州音樂——自己顧自己潮州音乐——自己顾自己

Japanese

Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. itself, oneself

Readings

  • Go-on: (ko, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: (ki, Jōyō)
  • Kun: おのれ (onore, , Jōyō)おの (ono, )おれ (ore, )おら (ora, )うぬ (unu, )うら (ura, )おどれ (odore, )つちのと (tsuchinoto, )
  • Nanori: おと (oto) (na) (mi)

Compounds

Usage notes

Used in the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE) as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨ko2 and ⟨go2.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kan'on

From Middle Chinese (MC kiX).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

() • (Ki

  1. the sixth of the ten heavenly stems
    Hypernyms: 天干 (tenkan), 十干 (jikkan)
    Coordinate terms: , , , , , , , , ,
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
つちのと
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Originally a compound of (tsuchi, earth, one of the Chinese five elements) +‎ (no, possessive particle) +‎ (oto, younger brother).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちの [tsùchínóꜜtò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨ̥t͡ɕino̞to̞]

Proper noun

(つちのと) • (Tsuchinoto

  1. the sixth of the ten heavenly stems
    Hypernyms: 天干 (tenkan), 十干 (jikkan)
    Coordinate terms: , , , , , , , , ,

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
おのれ
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

From (ono, reflexive or first-person pronoun, see below) +‎ (re, thing, demonstrative nominalizer ending).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) のれ [ònóré] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞no̞ɾe̞]

Pronoun

(おのれ) • (onore

  1. reflexive pronoun: oneself
  2. (humble, dated) first-person pronoun: I, me
  3. (derogatory) second-person pronoun: you (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
    Synonyms: お前 (omae), 貴様 (kisama)
Derived terms
  • (おのれ) (onore to)
  • (おのれ)やれ (onore yare)
  • (おのれ)(がお) (onoregao)
  • (おのれ)() (onoreme)
  • (おのれ)() (onorera)
  • (おのれ)() (onore o magu)
  • ()つは(おのれ)()つより(だい)なるはなし (katsu wa onore ni katsu yori dai naru wa nashi)
See also

Adverb

(おのれ) • (onore

  1. by oneself
    Synonyms: 自然に (shizen ni), 独りでに (hitori de ni)

Interjection

(おのれ) • (onore

  1. An interjection expressing anger or chagrin

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
おの
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Seemingly akin to Miyako っゔぁ (vva, 2nd person singular pronoun).

See also うぬ (unu) and うな (una).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

(おの) • (ono

  1. reflexive pronoun: oneself
  2. first-person pronoun: I, me
    Synonyms: (watakushi), (ware)
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
おれ
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Pronoun

(おれ) • (ore

  1. alternative spelling of (ore): first-person pronoun: I, me
Derived terms
  • (おれ)(さま) (oresama)
  • (おん)(ども) (ondomo)
  • (おれ)() (oreme)
  • (おれ)() (orera)
  • 如己(もころ)() (mokorō)

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
おら
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

(おら) • (ora

  1. first-person pronoun: I, me

Etymology 7

Kanji in this term
うぬ
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Sound shift from ono (see above).[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Pronunciation for pronoun senses unknown.

Pronoun

(うぬ) • (unu

  1. second-person pronoun: you
  2. reflexive pronoun: oneself
    Synonym: 自分自身 (jibun-jishin)
Derived terms

Interjection

(うぬ) • (unu

  1. (vulgar) you!; you blockhead!

Etymology 8

Kanji in this term
うら
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

(うら) • (ura

  1. first-person pronoun: I, me

Etymology 9

Kanji in this term
おどれ
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Sound shift from onore (see above).[1]

Pronoun

(おどれ) • (odore

  1. second-person pronoun: you
    Synonyms: (unu), 貴様 (kisama)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 자기 (jagi gi))

  1. hanja form? of (self)

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: kỷ, kỉ, kỳ

  1. chữ Hán form of Kỉ (sixth of the ten heavenly stems)
    Hypernyms: 天干, 十干
    Coordinate terms: , , , , , , , , ,
  2. chữ Hán form of kỉ (self)

Compounds