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)

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