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己 means 'self'

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Strokes : 3    Radical number: 49    Frequency: 991   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-9    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 24 words   Used in 174 words   Used in 843 names   Component in 154 kanji (23 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   コ   キ
Kun
   おのれ self
Additional readings
Kun    つちのと   な
Name    し   み
Variants
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Notes
Find out about a shape-shifting radical with multiple connections to the Heavenly Stems system.
See also
巳 sign of the snake  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 己 is used 8 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 己 is used 152 times, read 5 ways.
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コ : 127 words FIND ALL
じ こ 1
self; oneself
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キ : 13 words FIND ALL
こ っ き 1
self denial; self control
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おのれ : 10 words FIND ALL
お の れ 0
1. oneself (itself, etc.)  (archaic)
2. I; me  (humble)
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つちのと : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
56th of the sexagenary cycle  (see also: 干支)
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な : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
1. I  (archaic)
2. you
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An additional 22 less common words include 己 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 866 (originally: 855)  Joy o' Kanji : 855  Key to Kanji: 296 

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己
コ   キ   おのれ self   
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