私

Information about character(s)

Radical: 禾
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 2
Total Strokes: 7
Variants: 厶

Pronunciation

Pinyin: sī
Cantonese: si1
JapaneseKun: WATASHI WATAKUSHI HISOKA
JapaneseOn: SHI
Korean: SA
Vietnamese: tư

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: private, personal; secret

CE-Dict: personal/private/selfish

Soothill: Private, secret, selfish, illicit.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.private; personal
2.selfish
3.secret; confidential
4.illicit(ly)

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: illicit; personal; private; secret; selfish

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: illicit; personal; private; secret; selfish

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《禾部》私禾也。从禾厶聲。北道名禾主人曰私主人。

康熙字典文字版 【午集下】【禾字部】私
【唐韻】息夷切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】相咨切，𠀤音司。【說文】禾也。北道名禾主人曰私主人。　又對公而言謂之私。【書·周官】以公滅私。【詩·小雅】雨我公田，遂及我私。【禮·孔子閒居】天無私覆，地無私載，日月無私照。　又家臣稱私。【儀禮·士相見禮】見於大夫曰：某也，夫子之賤私。【禮·玉藻】士自稱於大夫曰外私。【註】此大夫非己所臣，則稱外私。　又恩私也。【儀禮·燕禮】寡君，君之私也。【註】謂獨受恩厚。【禮·郊特牲】婦餕餘，私之也。【釋名】私，恤也，所恤念也。　又【爾雅·釋親】女子謂姊妹之夫曰私。【詩·衞風】譚公維私。　又天子以下皆曰私。【前漢·張放傳】大官私官。【服虔註】私官，皇后之官。【後漢·百官志】中宮私府令一人。　又姓。漢私匡。　又便也。【左傳·襄十五年】師慧過宋，朝將私焉。【註】謂小便。○按《說文》專以禾訓私，而厶自爲部，訓姦衺也。引韓非、倉頡作字，自營爲厶，則私不兼公私義。今經傳公厶字皆作私，不復作厶矣。

Buddhism words and phrases myself, I, me

CF-Dict: privé/personnel/égoïste/secret/confidentiel/clandestin/illégal

Han-De-Dict: persönlich (u.E.)