Dong Chinese dictionary

jǐ

self

Origin unclear. Possibly a pictograph of a silk rope, in which case would be the original form of 紀.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

己

jǐ

self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem; self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shítiāngān]; sixth in order; letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa

Most common words with 己

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	自己	oneself
	己	self
	知己	to know oneself
	自己人	ourselves
	身不由己	not of one's own volition

Component uses

Sound component in 12 characters (6 verified)

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

季旭昇《說文新證》p.964

漢語多功能字庫

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