Moto 私: Private; I; MeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シ
- Kun'yomi
- わたくし、わたし
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 6
- Words
- 178 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シ)
- 私立しりつprivate (establishment)
- 私邸していprivate residence
- 私的してきprivate; personal
- 私鉄してつprivate railway
- 公私こうしpublic and private; official and personal
- 私学しがくprivate (non-governmental) school (college, university)
- 私文書しぶんしょprivate document
- 私有しゆうprivate ownership
- 私大しだいprivate university
- 私設しせつprivate
- 私生活しせいかつone's private life
- 私書箱ししょばこpost office box
- 私案しあんprivate plan; one's own plan
- 私服しふくcivilian clothes; plain clothes
- 私企業しきぎょうprivate enterprise
- 私見しけんpersonal opinion
- 私語しごwhispering; whisper
- 滅私めっしselflessness; being unselfish
- 無私むしunselfish; selfless
- 私事しじpersonal affairs; private matter
- 私人しじんprivate individual
- 私信ししんprivate message
- 私兵しへいprivate army
- 私利しりself-interest; personal profit
- 私営しえいprivately operated; private management
- 私塾しじゅくsmall private school (esp. for cramming)
- 私小説ししょうせつI-novel; novel narrated in the first person
- 私心ししんselfishness; selfish motive
- 私情しじょうpersonal feelings; self-interest
- 私権しけんprivate right
- 私欲しよくself-interest; selfish desire
- 私法しほうprivate law
- 私物しぶつprivate property; personal belongings
- 私生児しせいじillegitimate child; bastard
- 私用しようpersonal use; private use
- 私腹しふくone's own profits; one's own pockets
- 私財しざいprivate funds; own funds
- 私費しひprivate expense
- 一私人いちしじんprivate individual
- 七大私学しちだいしがくseven boarding schools established in Kyoto by noble families during the early Heian period
- 仮想私設網かそうしせつもうvirtual private network
- 仮想私設通信網かそうしせつつうしんもうVPN; Virtual Private Network
- 公平無私こうへいむしimpartiality; fair play
- 公正無私こうせいむしfair and impartial; just and unselfish
- 公私混同こうしこんどうmixing of public and private affairs; mixing business with personal affairs
- 則天去私そくてんきょしselfless devotion to justice
- 国公私立こっこうしりつnational, public, and private
- 国際私法こくさいしほうprivate international law; conflict of laws
- 渉外私法しょうがいしほうprivate international law; conflict of laws
- 滅私奉公めっしほうこうselfless devotion
- 無欲無私むよくむしunselfish and impartial (disinterested)
- 無私無偏むしむへんto think or act fairly without concern for one's own benefit
- 無私無欲むしむよくselflessness; unselfishness
Words that use a kun'yomi
Other readings
- 私かひそかsecret; private
- 私ごとしじpersonal affairs; private matter
Showing the 60 most common of 178 words. See them all in the graph.
Kanji that often appear with 私
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