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私

I
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingシ
Kun readingわたくし、わたし
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 6Level 6

Meanings

  1. i
  2. me
  3. privateRtK
    私は彼がこの電話を私的用件で使うのがいやだ。I object to his making private calls on this phone.tatoeba
    私鉄特急との競合Competition with limited expresses of private railway companieswiki

Homonyms

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Same reading (わたし)
渡し · ferry (crossing)

Popular Usage

私鉄私立

Radicals and components

Radical禾grain
Components
How it's built
私
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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wheat (禾) · cereal (禾) · elbow

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 968

Compound words

私鉄してつ
private railway
私立しりつ
private (establishment)
私物しぶつ
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
私語しご
whispering; private talk; talking (during a class, lecture, etc.)
私立大学しりつだいがく
a private university
公私こうし
public and private matters; official and personal affairs; professional and personal lives
私見しけん
personal opinion
私塾しじゅく
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
私設しせつ
private
私邸してい
private residence
私的してき
private; personal
私費しひ
private expense
私有しゆう
private ownership
私用しよう
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
私事しじ
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
私学しがく
private (non-governmental) school (college, university)
私案しあん
private plan; one's own plan
私大しだい
private university
私服しふく
ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; casual wear; mufti
私自身わたしじしん
myself
私書箱ししょばこ
post office box
私生活しせいかつ
private life
私たちわたしたち
we; us
私企業しきぎょう
private enterprise

On Reading Examples

私の父はいつも私の私的な生活に干渉してばかりいる。してき
My father is always poking his nose into my private life.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

彼は忙しいからと私の頼みを断った。わたし
He declined my request, saying that he was busy.tatoeba
彼は忘れるといけないので私の電話番号を書き留めた。わたし
He wrote down my phone number in case he should forget it.tatoeba
彼は帽子を持ち上げて私に会釈した。わたし
He acknowledged me by raising his hat.tatoeba
彼は勉強に熱中していて私の呼ぶ声が聞こえなかった。わたし
He was too intent on studying to hear my call.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は忙しいからと私の頼みを断った。
He declined my request, saying that he was busy.tatoeba
彼は忘れるといけないので私の電話番号を書き留めた。
He wrote down my phone number in case he should forget it.tatoeba
彼は帽子を持ち上げて私に会釈した。
He acknowledged me by raising his hat.tatoeba
彼は勉強に熱中していて私の呼ぶ声が聞こえなかった。
He was too intent on studying to hear my call.tatoeba
関西私鉄初ATS設置。
The line installed ATS for the first time among the private railway companies in the Kansai District.wiki
私立京都両洋高等学校
The private Kyoto Ryoyo High Schoolwiki
私立二松学舎に入学。
He entered Private school Nishogakusha.wiki

Stroke Order

7 strokes

I; private. 禾 (grain) + 厶 (one's own) — one's own grain, something personal.

Practice Writing

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