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己

jǐ

HSK 3 Character

What 己 means

1. self
2. oneself
3. sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems {十天干|shí tiān gān}
4. sixth in order
5. letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
6. hexa

Example sentences

• 自己做！
  Do it yourself!
• 知己难求。
  Zhījǐ nán qiú.
  A real friend is like a rare bird.
• 忠于自己。
  Be true to yourself.
• 照顾好自己。
  Take care.
• 我想自己做。
  I want to do it myself.
• 我自己做的。
  I made it myself.

Words starting with 己

• 己见jǐ jiànone's own viewpoint
• 己方jǐ fāngour side; one's own (side etc)
• 己未jǐ wèififty-sixth year F8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1979 or 2039
• 己糖jǐ tánghexose (CH2O)6, monosaccharide with six carbon atoms, such as glucose 葡萄糖
• 己型肝炎jǐ xíng gān yánhepatitis F
• 己丑jǐ chǒutwenty-sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2009 or 2069
• 己亥jǐ hàithirty-sixth year F12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1959 or 2019
• 己卯jǐ mǎosixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059
• 己巳jǐ sìsixth year F6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049
• 己酉jǐ yǒuforty-sixth year F10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1969 or 2029
• 己所不欲，勿施于人jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rénWhat you don't want done to you, don't do to others.…

Words containing 己

• 自己zì jǐoneself; (attributive) one's own
• 各抒己见gè shū jǐ jiàneveryone gives their own view
• 知己zhī jǐto know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend
• 身不由己shēn bù yóu jǐ(idiom) (of one's circumstances) beyond one's control; unable to do anything about it…
• 一己yī jǐoneself
• 孔乙己Kǒng Yǐ jǐKong Yiji, protagonist of a short story of the same name by Lu Xun 鲁迅
• 异己yì jǐdissident; alien; outsider
• 知己知彼zhī jǐ zhī bǐknow yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孙子兵法
• 利己lì jǐpersonal profit; to benefit oneself
• 据为己有jù wéi jǐ yǒu(idiom) to illegally take possession of; to appropriate
• 克己kè jǐself-restraint; discipline; selflessness
• 小己xiǎo jǐan individual
• 体己tī jiintimate; private saving of family members
• 做自己zuò zì jǐto be oneself
• 为己任wéi jǐ rènto make it one's business; to take upon oneself to
• 自己人zì jǐ rénthose on our side; ourselves; one's own people
• 事不关己shì bù guān jǐa matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)
• 利己主义lì jǐ zhǔ yìegoism
• 各执己见gè zhí jǐ jiàneach sticks to his own view (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf
• 各持己见gè chí jǐ jiàneach sticks to his own opinion (idiom); chacun son gout
• 自己动手zì jǐ dòng shǒuto do (sth) oneself; to help oneself to
• 视同己出shì tóng jǐ chūto regard sb as one's own child
• 视为知己shì wéi zhī jǐto consider sb as close friend (idiom); to take into one's confidence
• 求人不如求己qiú rén bù rú qiú jǐif you want sth done well, do it yourself (idiom)

Characters that look like 己

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 已yǐalready; to stop; then
• 巳sì6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake…
• 巴bāto long for; to wish; to cling to

Sounds the same

Read jǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 几how many; how much; several; a few
• 挤to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside
• 脊(bound form) spine; backbone; (bound form) ridge
• 给(bound form) to supply; to provide; (literary) sufficient; abundant
• 济used in 济济
• 戟halberd; long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade…
• 麂muntjac
• 掎drag
• 虮nymph of louse
• 丮to catch
• 泲clear wine; name of a river
• 踦shin