己 (Kanji for myself)

Although the onyomi for this is KO, it is STRONG FOR 'KI', - which is to say, most of the kanji using this as a radical have the onyomi of KI for some reason!

Onyomi

Mnemonic

The sound of the word KO makes you think of kodomo(子), and 己 looks like a snake, so you could say:

I myself, am a baby snake.

Kunyomi

おのれ	myself- a very LITERARY way of saying 私 F ★★☆☆☆

Jukugo

自己紹介(じこしょうかい)

introduce yourself to a group. ★★☆☆☆
自己 (one's own) + 紹介 (introduce ) = 自己紹介 (introduce yourself to a group.)

自己(じこ)

one's own ★★☆☆☆
自 (my own) + 己 (myself) = 自己 (one's own)

One's own (as in, self-control, self-hate, self-help books, one's own discretion)

己 myself

Onyomi

Mnemonic

Kunyomi

Jukugo

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