Question

私 わたくし、わたし 私(わたし): (1) I; me (2) private affairs; personal matter; secrecy (3) selfishness私立(しりつ): private (establishment)私鉄(してつ): private railway私有(しゆう): private ownership私用(しよう): (1) personal use (2) private business私物(しぶつ): private property; personal effects 6 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115)厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) 禾 5 (none) private I already know this as watashi, or "I". In order to associate the keyword of private, I´ll think of this one as "Private I", like a detective.

Accepted Answer

シ private, I, me 4 242 7 115 のぎ・のぎへん 会意 Compound Ideographic Warning sign: "Private wheat, trespassers will be elbowed".

Kanji	私
Onyomi	シ
Kunyomi	わたくし、わたし
English	private, I, me
Examples	私(わたし): (1) I; me (2) private affairs; personal matter; secrecy (3) selfishness 私立(しりつ): private (establishment) 私鉄(してつ): private railway 私有(しゆう): private ownership 私用(しよう): (1) personal use (2) private business 私物(しぶつ): private property; personal effects
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	6
Frequency	242
Components	禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28)
Number of Strokes	7
Kanji Radical	禾
Radical Number	115
Radical Strokes	5
Radical Reading	のぎ・のぎへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	private
Koohii Story 1	Warning sign: "Private wheat, trespassers will be elbowed".
Koohii Story 2	I already know this as watashi, or "I". In order to associate the keyword of private, I´ll think of this one as "Private I", like a detective.

Private Personal I Radical 私 シ わたくし、わたし 私(わたし

Private Personal I Radical 私シわたくし、わたし私(わたし