Archaic demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that'. Found in classical Japanese; not used in modern speech.
古語では、「し」は「それ」を意味した。
In classical Japanese, し meant 'that'.
Only when written 汝
Archaic second-person pronoun. Often written as 汝 in classical texts. Not used in modern Japanese.
「汝」と書いて「し」と読む古い二人称。
An old second-person pronoun written 汝 and read し.
oneself; themself
Archaic reflexive pronoun. Rare even in classical texts; modern equivalents are 自分 or 自身.
In classical literature, examples of し meaning 'oneself' are extremely rare.
其 was an archaic second-person pronoun 'you' in classical texts, replaced in modern speech by あなた.
Archaic kanji spelling for the pronoun し. Rarely used in modern Japanese.
Archaic kanji spelling specifically for the second-person sense 'you'.
Archaic pronoun of uncertain origin. It appears in classical Japanese texts with multiple referents (demonstrative, second-person, reflexive). The kanji spellings 其 and 汝 are conventional associations rather than etymologically precise.