1. pronoun self
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In Literary Chinese this reflexive personal pronoun may be used in subject or object position (Guoyu '己' pronoun; Kroll 2015 '己' 1, p. 186; Mathews 1931 '己', p. 57; NCCED '己', p. 739; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 83; Unihan '己'; XHZD '己' 1, p. 315). For example, 其恕乎!己所不欲,勿施於人。 'Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.' (Lunyu 17:24, trans. by Legge 1861)
  2. noun sixth of 10 heavenly trunks
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Heavenly Stem 天干
    Notes: (Guoyu '己' n 1; Kroll 2015 '己' 1, p. 186; Mathews 1931 '己', p. 57; Unihan '己'; XHZD '己' 2, p. 315)
  3. noun Kangxi radical 49
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
    Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '己' n 3)
  4. pronoun her; him; it
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Third person pronoun (Kroll 2015 '己' 3, p. 186)
  5. ordinal sixth
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As an ordinal number (Guoyu '己' n 2)
  6. noun self; ātman
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ātman, Japanese: ki, or: kyo (BCSD '己', p. 411; MW 'ātman'; SH '己', p. 102; Unihan '己')

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安分守己己未与人方便,自己方便知彼知己,百战不殆己巳复礼克己为己任严于律己事不关己一己己所不欲人饥己饥舍己成人己方搬石头砸自己的脚身不由己各执己见己己瞒心孔乙己视为知己做自己不以物喜,不以己悲舍己红颜知己舍己救人己卯屈己从人虚己以听回家吃自己蓝颜知己损人利己己亲舍己就人各持己见身己知己自己

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  • Scroll 2 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 101
  • Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 96
  • Scroll 19 Exploring the Mysteries of the Avatamsaka Sutra (Huayan Jing Tan Xuan Ji) 華嚴經探玄記 — count: 89
  • Scroll 3 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 84
  • Scroll 1 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 77
  • Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 59
  • Scroll 2 Weimo Yi Ji 維摩義記 — count: 53
  • Scroll 1 Weimo Yi Ji 維摩義記 — count: 45
  • Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 42
  • Scroll 4 Weimo Yi Ji 維摩義記 — count: 38