Word Meaning 利己

りこ riko

利己 is read as りこ (riko) and means self-interest.

Meaning

English

  1. self-interest

Reading

Kana

りこ

Romaji

riko

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Antonyms 利他 Rank 9259 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

利己主義

りこしゅぎ

egoism

利己的な遺伝子

りこてきないでんし

The Selfish Gene (1976 book by Richard Dawkins)

利己的

りこてき

selfish

利己心

りこしん

egoism

忘己利他

もうこりた

selflessness

利益

りえき

profit

利率

りりつ

interest rate

利殖

りしょく

money-making

利潤

りじゅん

profit

利用価値

りようかち

utility value

Example Sentences

8

She is a selfish person.

Tom is an egoist.

He's a very selfish person.

She puts her own interests above everything else.

He is a lump of selfishness.

You ought not to act selfishly.

A selfish man thinks of nothing but his own feelings.

She is acting from some selfish motive.