己

己 — self

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 3
Taught in: School year 6
Frequency: #1098 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: こ ko

き ki
Kun'yomi: おのれ onore

つちのと tsuchinoto

な na

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 己

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

自己じこ self JLPT N3