私 — private, i, me

わたし私 private

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes

U+79C1 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #242 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #968 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

private
i
me

word

わたし watashi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

私(わたし) watashi I

し shi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

私(し) 的(てき) shiteki personal 私(し) 立(りつ) shiritsu private 私(し) 見(けん) shiken personal opinion 私(し) 鉄(てつ) shitetsu private railway 私(し) 学(がく) shigaku private school

Appears in idioms

私利私欲四字熟語

private, profit, private, longing

私利私欲四字熟語

private, profit, private, longing

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

禾 grain

厶 private

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