Moto 己: SelfKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- コ、キ
- Kun'yomi
- おのれ、つちのと、な
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 6
- Words
- 188 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (コ・キ)
- 自己じこself; oneself
- 自己資本じこしほんnet worth; owned capital
- 克己こっきself denial; self control
- 利己りこself-interest
- 利己主義りこしゅぎegoism; egotism
- 知己ちきacquaintance; appreciative friend
- 自己嫌悪じこけんおself-hatred; self-abhorrence
- 自己批判じこひはんself-criticism
- 自己流じこりゅうone's own style; self-taught manner
- 自己管理じこかんりtaking care of something by oneself; self-management
- 自己紹介じこしょうかいself-introduction
- 自己顕示じこけんじmaking oneself conspicuous; pressing one's own cause
- 一己いっこpersonal; private
- 他己紹介たこしょうかいintroduction of someone else
- 克己復礼こっきふくれいexercising self-restraint and conforming to the rules of etiquette and formality
- 克己心こっきしんspirit of self-denial
- 克己精進こっきしょうじんself-control and close application; self-denial and diligent devotion
- 利己主義者りこしゅぎしゃegoist
- 利己心りこしんegoism; selfishness
- 利己的りこてきselfish; egoistic
- 利己的遺伝子りこてきいでんしselfish gene
- 已己巳己いこみきall the same
- 知己朋友ちきほうゆうintimate friends and acquaintances
- 自己ちゅうじこちゅうselfishness; egotism
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 己おのれoneself (itself, etc.)
- 人の蠅を追うより己の蠅を追えひとのはえをおうよりおのれのはえをおえtake care of yourself before you take care of others; wave off your own flies before you wave off somebody else's flies
- 己とおのれとall by itself; naturally
- 己に克つおのれにかつto control oneself
- 己の分を尽くすおのれのぶんをつくすto do one's part (duty)
- 己の欲せざる所は人に施すなかれおのれのほっせざるところはひとにほどこすなかれdo not do unto others what you would not have done unto you
- 己の欲せざる所は人に施す勿れおのれのほっせざるところはひとにほどこすなかれdo not do unto others what you would not have done unto you
- 己を捨てるおのれをすてるto set aside one's interests
- 己を枉ぐおのれをまぐto cast aside one's beliefs and doctrines
- 己を虚しゅうするおのれをむなしゅうするto cast aside one's prejudices
- 己丑つちのとうしEarth Ox (26th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1949, 2009, 2069)
- 己亥つちのといEarth Boar (36th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1959, 2019, 2079)
- 己卯つちのとうEarth Rabbit (16th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1939, 1999, 2059)
- 己巳つちのとみEarth Snake (6th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1929, 1989, 2049)
- 己未つちのとひつじEarth Sheep (56th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1919, 1979, 2039)
- 己達せんと欲して人を達せしむおのれたっせんとほっしてひとをたっせしむif you wish to succeed yourself, first help others to succeed
- 己酉つちのととりEarth Rooster (46th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1909, 1969, 2029)
Other readings
- 乎己止点ヲコトてんmarks to aid in reading Chinese classics
- 大己貴神おおなむちのかみOkuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine
- 己がおのがmy; one's own
- 己がじしおのがじしeach and every one; individually
- 己が自おのがじしeach and every one; individually
- 己に克ち礼に復るおのれにかちれいにかえるact with restraint and conform to the ways of etiquette
- 己に如かざる者を友とするなかれおのれにしかざるものをともとするなかれdo not befriend those beneath you
- 己に如かざる者を友とする勿れおのれにしかざるものをともとするなかれdo not befriend those beneath you
- 己れおのれoneself (itself, etc.)
- 己惚れうぬぼれpretension; conceit
- 己惚れ鏡うぬぼれかがみsmall western mirror with mercury added to the glass (Edo period)
- 己惚鏡うぬぼれかがみsmall western mirror with mercury added to the glass (Edo period)
- 己様おれさまI; me
- 己等おれらwe; us
- 己等達おいらっちwe; us
- 彼を知り己を知れば百戦殆からずかれをしりおのれをしればひゃくせんあやうからずif you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated; know your enemy
- 忘己利他もうこりたselflessness; selfless devotion to the service of others
- 敵を知り己を知らば百戦危うからずてきをしりおのをしらばひゃくせんあやうからずknow your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles
- 敵を知り己を知れば百戦危うからずてきをしりおのをしればひゃくせんあやうからずknow your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles
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