Jisho

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私

7 strokes
Radical:
grain 禾
Parts:
厶 禾
private, I, me
Kun:
わたくし、 わたし
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N4
242 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 私 【シ】 private affairs, personal matter
  • 私案 【シアン】 private plan, one's own plan
  • 無私 【ムシ】 unselfish, selfless, disinterested
  • 滅私 【メッシ】 selflessness, being unselfish

Kun reading compounds

  • 私 【わたくし】 I, me, personal (affairs, etc.), private, selfishness, partiality, secrecy, confidentiality
  • 私立 【しりつ】 private (establishment)
  • 不肖私 【ふしょうわたくし】 I, me
  • 私 【わたし】 I, me
  • 私たち 【わたしたち】 we, us

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si1
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • yo
  • privado
  • secreto

Portuguese

  • particular
  • Eu
  • me

French

  • privé
  • je
  • moi
797 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
887 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
876 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
221 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3265 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
367 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
232 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
637 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.7 Japanese for Busy People
125 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
125 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
72 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1428 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1432 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
758 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1030 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
911 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24913 Morohashi
1115 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4124 New Nelson (John Haig)
902 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
968 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
17 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
852 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2271 2001 Kanji
5d2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-2 SKIP code
2293.0 Four corner code
1-27-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
79c1 Unicode hex code

又

2 strokes
Radical:
right hand 又
Parts:
又
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
Kun:
また、 また-、 また.の-
On:
ユウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1874 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

Kun reading compounds

  • 又 【また】 again, once more, once again, another time, some other time, also, too, as well, likewise, on the other hand, while, and, in addition, besides, moreover, furthermore, or, otherwise, really, how, (what, why) on earth, indirect
  • 又は 【または】 or, either ... or ...
  • 尚又 【なおまた】 besides, moreover, furthermore, further, in addition (to that)
  • 猫又 【ねこまた】 nekomata, fork-tailed cat yōkai, giant beast that inhabits the mountains

Readings

Japanese names:
やす
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you4
Korean:
u

Spanish

  • otra vez
  • además
  • por otra parte
  • otro
  • distinto

Portuguese

  • ou outra vez
  • além disso
  • na outra mão

French

  • ou encore
  • de plus
  • d'un autre côté
1835 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1460 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
855 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1851 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1119 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
13 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1593 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1700 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1762 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
264 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4158 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2108 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2853 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
703 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3115 Morohashi
3351 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
668 New Nelson (John Haig)
696 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
752 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
467 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1009 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3567 2001 Kanji
2h0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-1 SKIP code
7740.0 Four corner code
1740.0 Four corner code
1-43-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53c8 Unicode hex code