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私 = 禾 + 厶

私 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “private”. It is built from 禾 (grain) and 厶 (elbow). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 968.

Keyword
private
RTK frame
968
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
わたくし, わたし
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
частный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
私 private

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 禾 grain
  2. 厶 elbow

How to find 私 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grain” + “elbow”. 私 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 私 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.