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私 means 'I'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 43   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-2    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: 6    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 156 words   Used in 176 words   Used in 31 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
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   シ
Kun
   わたくし   わたし I, myself
Components
⿰  禾 grain  厶 (ム) private  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 私 is used 13 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 私 is used 166 times, read 3 ways.
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し り つ 1
private (establishment)  (see also: 市立; わたくしりつ spoken to avoid confusion with 市立)
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わたし : 8 words FIND ALL
pronoun
myself
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わたくし : 8 words FIND ALL
わ た く し す る 0
suru verb - special class, transitive verb
1. to use (public property) as if it belonged to oneself; to misappropriate; to appropriate; to embezzle
2. to act selfishly  (archaic)
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An additional 10 less common words include 私 but the readings have not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 887 (originally: 876)  Joy o' Kanji : 876  Key to Kanji: 425 

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私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
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