己

己 is a Japanese kanji written with 3 strokes, listed here under the keyword “self”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 564. It appears as a component in 11 other characters in this index.

Keyword: self
RTK frame: 564
Strokes: 3
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): コ, キ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): おのれ, つちのと, な
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: сам, snake, oneself
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 己 self

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 己

起 rouse
妃 queen
改 reformation
記 scribe
忌 mourning
巻 scroll
紀 chronicle
配 distribute
遷 transition
港 harbor
巽 southeast

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