7 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 6th grade
JLPT exam level N4

private, I, me

Kun'yomi
  • I ②personal (affairs, etc.) ③selfishness ④secrecy
  • I
On'yomi
  • private affairs

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

わたし 99.0%
0.7%
わたくし 0.2%

Character Breakdown

private, I, me
わたし シ わたくし (6th, N4)
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ いね (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)

References

Unicode hex code 79C1
JIS X 0208 1-27-68
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3265
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4124
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1115
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1432
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 758
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1030
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 902
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Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 221
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 637
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 367
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 24913
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 876
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 125
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 125
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 797
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 232
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 887
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 852
Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power 17
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 72
AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III 2.7
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1428
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 911
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5d2.2
Four corner code 2293.0
De Roo Code 2271