私 – private, I, me

7 strokesTaught in grade 6#242 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 私 means private, I, me. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シ (shi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is わたくし、わたし (watakushi, watashi). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 禾 (no. 115).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シ	shi
Kun’yomi	わたくし	watakushi
Kun’yomi	わたし	watashi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 禾 (Kangxi radical 115). Components: 禾・厶.

Words using 私

私わたしI私わたくしI私用しようpersonal use私鉄してつprivate railway私立しりつprivate (establishment)私物しぶつprivate property私有しゆうprivate ownership

Example sentences

騒がしいホームで誰かが私の名前を呼んでいるのが聞こえた。

I could hear someone calling my name on the noisy platform.

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上司は会社の電話で私用の電話をかけたといって私をひどく叱った。

My boss called me down for making private calls on the office phone.

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私立の学校はどういう感じですか。

How is it in a private school?

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Kanji with the same radical

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Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.