The Chinese Radical: 己


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Meaning
oneself    己

Explanation Following the winding path I find myself.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
to get up, to rise, to start, to launch, to initiate (action)

Left: to walk/go (On earth feet have to walk.), right: self (Following the winding path I find myself.)
For walking you yourself need to get up.
JLPT HSK 2
already, to stop, then, afterwards

Winding thread
Following the winding thread, I found it already.
JLPT HSK 3
to record, report, to remember, mark, sign

Left: word / (sound waves out of a mouth ), right: self (Following the winding path I find myself.)
The words themselves are recorded in the report.
JLPT HSK 3
self, oneself, sixth in order

Winding path
Following the winding path I find myself.
JLPT HSK 3
package, to cover, to wrap
bāo
Top: wrap , below: snake 巳 (but her: self [= Following the windings, I find myself])
Wrap it in, then it is itself: well packed.
JLPT HSK 4
leadership, to guide, transmit, conduct, to direct
dǎo
Top: year of snake 巳 (here: self = Following the windings, I find myself.), bottom: skillful hand
You, yourself, must have a skillful hand for leadership.
JLPT HSK 4
to change, to alter, to transform, to correct
gǎi
Left: self (Following the winding path I find myself.), right: strike 攵/ (hand with a stick )
You yourself, have to "strike" yourself to change.
JLPT HSK 4
record, era, period, order, discipline

Left: thread 纟/, right: self (Following the winding path I find myself.) (By knots in a thread you can record information like distances.)
The thread itself (by the knots) records periods.
JLPT HSK 5
to join, fit, mate, mix, complete
pèi
Left: wine mug , right: self (Following the windings, I find myself.)
The mug of wine itself fits and must join.
JLPT HSK 5
to hope, long for, wish, to cling to, sth that sticks

Image of a slumped person , that is hoping - Better: understand this as a doorknob
Behind the doorknob you may hope.
JLPT HSK 6
to be jealous of, fear, dread, to avoid

Top: I/myself (Following the windings, I find myself.), bottom: heart
My own heart is jealous.
JLPT HSK 6
harbor, port
gǎng
Left: water , right: 巷 (together , oneself ) [ = Put the plants on the table together.] [ = Following the winding path I find myself.]
From the waters for reaching the "together" you yourself need to go to: the harbor.
JLPT HSK 6
different, other, unusual, separate

(simplified from: ) Top: year of snake 巳 (here: self = Following the winding path I find myself.), bottom: two hands (= twice this hand next to each-other and combined)
The "self" of my two hands is different.
JLPT HSK 6
lane, alley
xiàng
Top: together (Put the plants on the table together), bottom: self (Following the windings, I find myself.)
You can be together (with others) or you yourself (= alone): In a lane.
JLPT HSK 6
how? (emphatic question)

Top: mountain , bottom: self (Following the winding path I find myself.)
On the mountain? Myself? What? How?
JLPT no HSK
prosperous, splendid

Top: 巸 (minister [eye wide open], self ), bottom: fire
The minister himself must light the fire, to make it splendid.
JLPT no HSK
to sacrifice, to offer libation to

Left: to show, altar 礻/, right: year of the snake 巳 (here: self )
When you are at the altar yourself, then for a sacrifice.
JLPT no HSK
triumphant, victorious, chi (Greek letter Χχ)
kǎi
Left: how? (Up to the mountain ? Myself ? How??), right: table (here: bonded legs )
Up the mountain I walk myself with bonded legs: I'm triumphant!
JLPT no HSK
to compose, to compile, write
zhuàn
Left: hand , right: 巽 (self , together )
By hand things which were 'each themselves' (= words) are made into a: 'together' (= a composition), when: composing.
JLPT no HSK
imperial concubine
fēi
Left: woman , right: self (Following the winding path I find myself.)
The woman herself is a concubine.
JLPT no HSK
year of the Snake, 6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m.


Image of a winding snake
JLPT no HSK
boxthorn (Lycium chinense), willow

Left: tree , right: self (Following the winding path I find myself.)
The tree that can be winding [like at: ], is a willow (boxthorn).

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