已己巳己

Japanese

Kanji in this term
已	己	巳	己
い Jinmeiyō	こ Grade: 6	み Jinmeiyō	き Grade: 6
on’yomi	goon	kun’yomi	kan’on

Etymology

Compound of 已 (i) +‎ 己 (ko) +‎ 巳 (mi) +‎ 己 (ki), from the way that the characters look similar.

Pronunciation

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) い​こ [íꜜkò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [iko̞]

• (Tokyo) み​き [míꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mʲikʲi]

• (Tokyo) いこみき [ìkómíkí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [iko̞mʲikʲi]

Noun

已(い)己(こ)巳(み)己(き) • (ikomiki) 

1. things resembling each other