私 — kanji meaning “private”
私
private, I, me
- Meanings
- private, I, me
- On'yomi
- シ (shi)
- Kun'yomi
- わたくし、わたし
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #242 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 115
- Chinese reading
- sī — Chinese character page
Words with 私
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 私立 | しりつ shiritsu | private (establishment) |
| 私鉄 | してつ shitetsu | private railway |
| 私的 | してき shiteki | private; personal |
| 私物 | しぶつ shibutsu | private property; personal belongings; personal effects |
| 私生活 | しせいかつ shiseikatsu | private life |
| 私服 | しふく shifuku | ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes |
| 私学 | しがく shigaku | private (non-governmental) school (college, university) |
| 公私 | こうし koushi | public and private matters; official and personal affairs; professional and personal lives |
| 私邸 | してい shitei | private residence |
| 私用 | しよう shiyou | personal use; private use |
| 私大 | しだい shidai | private university |
| 私事 | しじ shiji | personal affairs; private matter |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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