己 jǐ

1. jǐ 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. jǐ 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. jǐ 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. jǐ pronoun her; him; it
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Third person pronoun (Kroll 2015 '己' 3, p. 186)
5. jǐ ordinal sixth
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As an ordinal number (Guoyu '己' n 2)

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• 一己 oneself
• 己未 fifty sixth year of the 60 year cycle
• 不以物喜，不以己悲 not to become attached to material things, not to pity oneself
• 严以责己宽以待人(嚴以責己寬以待人) to be severe with oneself and lenient with others
• 回家吃自己 to get sacked; to be fired
• 己独(己獨) only him
• 己身 oneself
• 己型肝炎 hepatitis F
• 梯己 personal savings ; intimate with
• 事不关己(事不關己) a matter of no concern to oneself
• 奉公克己(奉公剋己) self-restraint and devotion to public duties; selfless dedication
• 为己任(為己任) to make it one's business; to take upon oneself to
• 己见(己見) one's own viewpoint
• 舍己(捨己) selfless; self-sacrifice (to help others); self-renunciation; altruism
• 各执己见(各執己見) each [person] sticks to his own view
• 身不由己 without the freedom to act independently; involuntary; not of one's own volition
• 士为知己者死，女为悦己者容(士為知己者死，女為悅己者容) a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
• 走自己的路，让人家去说(走自己的路，讓人家去說) Go your own way, let others say what they like. (popular modern cliche) / Do it my way.
• 占为己有(佔為己有) to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)
• 严于律己(嚴於律己) to be strict with oneself
• 自己动手(自己動手) to do oneself; to help oneself to
• 爱人如己(愛人如己) love thy neighbor like thyself
• 己卯 sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle
• 舍己为人(捨己為人) to abandon self for others; to sacrifice one's own interest for other people
• 固执己见(固執己見) to persist in one's views
• 求人不如求己 if you want something done well, do it yourself
• 己亥 Jihai year; thirty sixth year
• 知彼知己 to know the enemy and know oneself
• 事不关己，高高挂起(事不關己，高高掛起) to feel unconcerned and let matters rest
• 坚持己意(堅持己意) stubbornly hold to one's own opinion
• 反求诸己(反求諸己) to seek the cause in oneself rather than somebody else
• 为己(為己) middle voice; atmanepada
• 视为知己(視為知己) to consider as close friend; to take into one's confidence
• 安分守己 to abide by the law and behave oneself; to know one's place
• 己己瞒心(己己瞞心) to blot out one's conscience
• 孔乙己 Kong Yiji, protagonist of short story by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅
• 人不为己，天诛地灭(人不為己，天誅地滅) Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.
• 体己钱(體己錢) private saved money of close family members
• 知彼知己，百战不殆(知彼知己，百戰不殆) knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles
• 己亲(己親) one's relatives
• 爱己注意(愛己注意) egoism
• 利己 to benefit oneself
• 视同己出(視同己出) to regard as one's own child
• 克己复礼(克己復禮) restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties
• 舍己成人(捨己成人) to give up one's own interests to help other people
• 严以律己(嚴以律己) to be strict with oneself; to demand a lot of oneself
• 做自己 to be oneself
• 己巳 sixth year F6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049
• 克己奉公(剋己奉公) self-restraint and devotion to public duties; selfless dedication
• 人溺己溺 having seen somebody else drown, a person drowns themself as well

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